Sunday 15 February 2015 Rātapu 15 Hui-tanguru 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring Waltz; Thunder & Lightning Polka; SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela; ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso; BARBER: Adagio; MUSSORGSKY: Night on the Bare Mountain; RAVEL: Boléro - Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Stephanie Chase (vln), Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 380)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  RENAUD: Toccata in D minor; HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; MOZART: Second movement, Andante, from Piano Concerto No 21 K467; ARNDT: Nola; DUBOIS: Fiat Lux; SETCHELL: Trumpet Tune, Scherzo and Toccata on Joy to the World, from Three Piece Suite; WATSON: Happy Birthday, Herr Bach; NALLE: Alles was du bist; SOUSA: Washington Post March; FAURÉ: Berceuse and Sicilienne, from Pelléas and Méllisande; VERDI: Grand March, from Aida; DAQUIN: The Cuckoo; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals; BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee; MOURET: Rondeau; CAMPRA: Rigaudon; GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette; BOVET: Totentanz, from Three Préludes Hambourgeois - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in A minor Op 105; No 2 in D minor Op 121; No 3 in A minor - Robert Zimansky (vln), Christophe Keller (pno) (Accord 220 532)

  3:15 approx - Disc 4

  SCHÜTZ: Motets and Psalms for Double Chorus - Regensburg Cathedral Boy's Choir, Ulsamer Collegium, Hamburger Wind Ensemble for Old Music, & instrumentalists/Hanns-Martin Schneidt (Archiv 415 297)

  4:15 approx - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Violin Concertos, in D RV230; in A minor RV356; Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532; Trio in C for guitar, violin & continuo RV82; Concerto in D minor for viola d'amore, guitar, strings & continuo RV540; Violin Concerto in A RV345; Guitar Concerto in D RV93 - John Williams, Benjamin Verdery (gtrs), Norbert Blum (vla d'amore), Franz Liszt CO/Janos Rolla (Sony Classic SK 46556)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep - Caroline Ashton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)

  GLENNIE: Light in Darkness - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

  DOVE: Ecce beatam lucem - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens, Jonathan Vaughn (org) (Hyperion CDA 67768)

  BRITTEN: Concord, from Gloriana - Matthew Barley (cello) (Signum SIGCD 318)

  BUXTEHUDE: Cantata, Most dearly do I love thee, O Lord BuxWV41 - Cantus Cologne/Konrad Junghänel (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1629)

  VILLETTE: Three motets - BBC Singers/Stephen Jackson (BBC Music MM 85)

  DUBRA: Missa de Spiritu Sancto - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough, Alexander Norman (org) (Hyperion CDA 67799)

  RUTTER: I will lift up mine eyes - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67259)

  PARRY: I was glad - Manchester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Stokes, Jeffrey Makinson (org) (Naxos 8.572104)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  RAMEAU: Entrée de Polymnie, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

  BRAHMS: Die Mainacht Op 43/2 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag 070 202)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

  MIYAGI: Haru no umi - Gidon Kremer (vln), Naoko Yoshino (harp) (Philips 456 016)

  CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)

  GRIEG arr Tognetti: Erotik, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 1877)

  GÓRECKI: Wislo moja, Wislo szara Op 46 - Lira Chamber Chorus/Lucy Ding (Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79348)

  RACHMANINOV arr Balsom: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

  GIBBS: Almayne, from Four Harmonisations for String Orchestra - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (vln/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67093)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  MARX: Sinfonia in modo classico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

  BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 479 2437)

• 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

  (11) VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in G minor RV107 - Tara Helen O'Connor (fl), James Austin Smith (ob), Peter Kolkay (bsn), Daniel Phillips (vln), Chris Costanza (cello), Pedja Muzijevic (hpschd)

  GOLIJOV: Mariel - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Steven Schick (marimba)

  LANNER: Die Romantiker, Waltz Op 167 - Geoff Nuttall, Livia Sohn (vlns), Misha Amory (vla), Anthony Manza (dbass)

  PROKOFIEV: Quintet in G minor Op 39 - Todd Palmer (cl), James Austin Smith (ob), Livia Sohn (vln), Daniel Phillips (vla), Anthony Manza (dbass) (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

  ELGAR: Prelude, The Dream of Gerontius, concert version - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5140)

  DEBUSSY: Images, Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67920)

  JANÁCEK arr Honeck/Ille: Jenufa, Symphonic Suite - Pittsburgh SO/Manfred Honeck (Reference Recordings FR 710)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Cologne Radio SO/Otto Klemperer (rec 1954) (Medici Arts MM 001)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Brilliant Brass

  Five programmes from Series 3

  (2) Today's programme features 2013's Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year, Alison Balsom; stars of the movie 'Brassed Off!', the Grimethorpe Colliery Band; and a Kiwi composer who knows a thing or two about writing for brass, Gareth Farr (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Youth in Concert

  Ecstatic Music Festival

  Three programmes

  (3) Ensemble Dal Niente, Deerhoof

  BALTER: Wicker Park; BALTER: Ear, Skin and Bone Riddles: DEERHOOF/SAUNIER: Deerhoof Chamber Variations; DEERHOOF: Selections, Snoopy waves; The perfect me; Giga dance; Buck & Judy; We do parties; C'Moon; BALTER: Meltdown Upshot (recorded in the Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, New York by New York Public Radio)

• 4:35 PM. Music of the 18th-Century

  MOZART arr Leleux: Four Arias from Don Giovanni, Là ci darem la mano; Non mi dir, bell'idol mio; Deh, vieni alla finestra; Fin ch'han dal vino - François Leleux (ob/dir), Salzburg Camerata (Sony 88697 33943)

  BECK: Sinfonia in D Op 4/4 - Czech Chamber Phil Pardubice/Marek Stilec (Naxos 8.573249)

• 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 (8) (MCM)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (7) LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, an operetta in three acts

  After many comical misunderstandings, the wealthy widow Hanna Glawari and Count Danilo Danilovitsch fall in love, ensuring the financial health of the tiny country of Pontevedro

  Hanna Glawari........................ Renée Fleming

  Count Danilo Danilovitsch..... Nathan Gunn

  Baron Zeta............................... Thomas Allen

  Valencienne............................ Kelli O'Hara

  Camille.................................... Alek Shrader

  Njegus..................................... Carson Elrod

  Kromow.................................. Daniel Mobbs

  Bogdanovitch.......................... Mark Schowalter

  Sylviane.................................. Emalie Savoy

  Raoul....................................... Alexander Lewis

  Vicomte Cascada.................... Jeff Mattsey

  Olga......................................... Wallis Giunta

  Pritschitsch............................. Gary Simpson

  Praskowia................................ Margaret Lattimore

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Andrew Davis (EBU)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction & Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  BLAKE: Night journey to Pawarenga - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll ACD 441)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5082)

  MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture & Ballet Music - Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DOVE: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

  MYASKOVSKY: Cello Sonata No 1 in D Op 12 - Alexander Rudin (cello), Victor Ginsburg (pno) (Cello Classics CC 1012)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7540)

  11:00 GRIEG: Piano Sonata in E minor Op 7 - Ivana Gavric (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 067)

  RHEINBERGER: Three Sacred Songs Op 69, Morning Song; Hymn; Evening Song - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

  FESCA: String Quartet No 15 in D Op 34 - Diogenes Quartet (CPO 777 482)

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