Sunday 26 April 2015 Rātapu 26 Paenga-whāwhā 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  ANZAC Special Feature

  Willie Manson, the songs and stories of a lost composer.

  Peter Downes tells the story of a talented young New Zealander killed in action on the Somme in 1916 (RNZ)

  12:35 approx - Disc 1

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music (preceded by the original Light Programme radio introduction to the Last Night of the 59th Season of Promenade Concerts, 19 September 1953) - BBC Chorus & SO/Basil Cameron

  Symphony No 3, Pastoral - Valerie Hill (sop), BBC SO/Adrian Boult (BBC Music BBC MM 320)

  1:25 approx - Disc 2

  The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

  WILTZIE/MCBRIDE: Mulholland; The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier); Gasfarming; Piano Aquieu; Fac 21; Ballad of Distances; A Lovesong (For Cubs) - Adam Wiltzie, Brian McBride (instrumentalists), various instrumental ensembles (Kranky KRANK 050)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  GUERRERO: Missa Congratulamini mihi; CRECQUILLON: Congratulamini mihi; GUERRERO: Dum esset rex; Maria Magdalena et altera Maria; Post dies octo; Regina caeli; Ave Maria; Regina caeli - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Hyperion CDA 67836)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio in E minor Op 81/3; String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13; Fugue in Eb Op 81/4; String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

  5:00 approx - Disc 6

  FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D minor Op 120 - François Petit (cl), Aurélien Sabouret (cello), Carole Carniel (pno)

  Eight Short Piano Pieces Op 84 - Carole Carniel (pno)

  DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - François Petit (cl), Carole Carniel (pno)

  Rêverie, Arabesques Nos 1-2, Danse - Carole Carniel (pno) (Ligia LIDI 030 2216-10)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  BYRD: Te Deum, from The Great Service - Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne/Michael Leighton Jones (dir) (ABC Classics 476 294)

  MONTEVERDI: Salve Regina for three voices, from Selva morale e spirituale - Elisabeth Popien (contralto), Wilfried Jochens (ten), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Cantus Cologne, Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghänel (lute/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1718.20)

  AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Gregory Op 4/1 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

  BACH: Cantata No 12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen - William Towers (countertenor), Mark Padmore (ten), Julian Clarkson (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 107)

  TSABROPOULOS: Dance - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888)

  STANFORD: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in G - Carolyn Sampson (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Catrin Finch (harp), Choir of the King's Consort, King's Consort/Robert King (Vivat 101)

  S ROSSI: Psalm 146, Hallelujah, Let my soul praise the Lord; The living God we praise; Magnified and sanctified may His great name be; Praise the Lord; Source of Blessing - New York Baroque/Eric Milnes (dir) (Dorian DOR 93210)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Osian Ellis (harp), English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

  MACDOWELL: Romance - Aisling Drury Byrne (cello), Ireland National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.559049)

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

  KREISLER: Liebesleid - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

  TRAD: Amazing Grace - Christopher Cock (ten), Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Ellen Sherman (cor anglais), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  BRUCH: Adagio Appassionato - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  A look at the life and music of CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826) presented by Kenneth Young (RNZ) (R Mon 7.00pm)

  Peter Schmoll, Overture - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1760)

  Flute Sonata No 3 in D - Stephen Preston (fl), Richard Burnett (fpno) (Amon Ra CD SAR 21)

  Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Jaakko Luoma (bsn), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1620)

• 10:00 AM. Concerts from The Frick

  Seven concerts, hosted by David Garland, from the music room at The Frick, the former New York residence of industrialist Henry Clay Frick

  (2) Meccorre Quartet

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 8 in Bb D112; PENDERECKI: String Quartet No 3, Leaves from an Unwritten Diary; BEETHOVEN: Fourth movement, Finale, from String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (American Public Radio, New York)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite - London Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI CD EMX 9508)

  GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Noriko Ogawa (pno), Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1191)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  REINECKE: Introduzione & Allegro appassionato Op 256 - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10844)

  DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 - Menahem Pressler (pno), Quatuor Ebène (Erato 2564 625964)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  KREJCI: Serenade for orchestra - Czech Phil/Karel Ancerl (rec 1957) (EMI 5 75091)

  TANSMAN: Cavatina - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (rec 1954) (DG 477 6050)

  HANDEL arr Beecham: The Faithful Shepherd, Suite - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (rel 1954) (Sony SMK 87780)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  To the memory of an angel

  Alban Berg's Violin Concerto is introduced by Matthew Crawford (RNZ)

  BERG: Violin Concerto, To the Memory of an Angel - Isabelle Faust (vln), Mozart Orch/Claudio Abbado (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2105)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  Heather Lewis (cello), New Zealand School of Music Orch/Kenneth Young

  POST: Noumena; ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

• 4:15 PM. Classical Strings

  M HAYDN: String Quintet in F MH367 - Salzburg Haydn Quintet (CPO 777 907)

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 27 in G K379 - Petra Müllejans (vln), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7494)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (9) With William Dart (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (17) DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor, an opera in three acts

  Lucia is the sister of Enrico. She is in love with her brother's rival, Edgardo, but is forced to marry Arturo against her will

  Lucia................................ Albina Shagimuratova

  Enrico............................... Luca Salsi

  Edgardo............................ Joseph Calleja

  Arturo............................... Matthew Plenk

  Raimondo......................... Alastair Miles

  Alisa................................. Theodora Hanslowe

  Normanno........................ Eduardo Valdes

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Maurizio Benini (EBU)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 63 in D - Lukas Consort/Viktor Lukas (Naxos 8.553960)

  BIBER: Sonata No 5 in E minor - Sonnerie (ASV CD GAU 203)

  DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica Op 32b - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

  11:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 1 in C minor Op 32 - Julian Steckel (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Avi 8553230)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 63 - Henryk Szeryng (vln), Pierre Fournier (cello), Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA GD 86262)

Next day - Mon 27

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