Sunday 13 December 2015 Rātapu 13 Hakihea 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MOZART: Violin Concertos, No 1 in Bb K207; No 2 in D K211; Adagio in E K261; Rondos, in Bb K269; in C K373 - James Ehnes (vln), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  PINTO: Piano Sonata in C minor; WEBER: Adagio Patetico in C# minor; FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1; CRAMER: Sonata in F Op 27/1; CLEMENTI: Capriccio in E minor Op 47/1 - Ian Hobson (pno) (Arabesque Z 6595)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  MOZART: Bass arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, Bastien and Bastienne and The Abduction from the Seraglio - Conal Coad (bass), Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Franks (ABC 432 697)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  LIEBERMANN: Album for the Young, excerpts; Sonata for flute and guitar Op 25; Eight pieces for solo flute Op 59; Sonata for flute and harp Op 56; Soliloquy for solo flute Op 44; Sonata for flute and piano Op 23; A Poet and His Beloved Op 40 - Alexa Still (fl), David Korevaar (pno), Franco Platino (gtr), Victoria Drake (hp), Curt Peterson (ten), Yumi Hwang, Claude Sim (vlns), Erika Eckert (vla), Judith Glyde (cello) (Koch 3 7549)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  ROSS: Marching Strings; HOPE: Jaunting car, from The Ring of Kerry; DUNCAN: High Heels; CURZON: Dance of an ostracised imp; FOULDS: Keltic Lament, from A Keltic Suite Op 29; WILLIAMS: Rhythm on Rails; COATES: By the sleepy lagoon; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; KETÈLBEY: In a monastery garden; WILLIAMS: A quiet stroll; FLETCHER: Demoiselle chic, from Parisian Sketches No 1; BEAVER: Cavalcade of Youth; BAYCO: Elizabethan Masque; GARDINER: Shepherd Fennel Dance; ANCLIFFE: Thrills; ROSSE: The doge's march, from The Merchant of Venice; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Petite Suite de Concert Op 77 - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  SCHÜTZ: Ich will den Herren loben allezeit, from Little Sacred Concertos - Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Manfred Cordes (CPO 999 675)

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 1 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)

  A SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium; TRAD arr Craig: The darkest midnight in December; TRAD: Away in a manger - New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

  HAGBERG: arr Lidholm: Madonna's lullaby; ALFVÉN: See how brightly shines the star - Jeanette Köhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 2 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)

  GRÍMSDÓTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

  MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria Op 23/2 - Christine Barratt, Janey MacKenzie (sops), Joya Logan, Jenny Youde (contraltos), Rogers Covey-Crump, Robin Mace (tens), Julian Walker, Kenneth Roles (basses), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (Hyperion CDA 66359)

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 3 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)

  RUTTER: Of a rose, a lovely rose; Esurientes, from Magnificat - Patricia Forbes (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 504)

  HANDEL: Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Renée Fleming (sop), Royal Phil/Harry Bicket (Decca 475 7177)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

  BRAHMS: Second movement, Adagio affetuoso, from Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 - Laura Buruiana (cello), Matei Varga (pno) (Coviello 51204)

  GIBBONS: Lord of Salisbury Pavane & Galliard - Andrew Rangell (pno) (Dorian DOR 93194)

  LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Eastman Philharmonia/Howard Hanson (Mercury 434 390)

  PIAZZOLLA orch Bacalov: Adiós Nonino - Luis Bacalov (pno), Héctor Ulises Passarella (bandoneón), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 463 471)

  GEMINIANI: Lady Ann Bothwel's Lament - Genevieve Lacey (rec), Linda Kent (org) (ABC Classics 472 226)

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

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  Music for the Christmas season

• 10:00 AM. Galina Vishnevskaya

  Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012)

  Roger Flury and Des Wilson discuss the extraordinary life and career of the Russian soprano who survived childhood poverty, disease, the siege of Leningrad, political persecution and even exile to become a celebrated international performer and recording artist (RNZ)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  SILVESTROV: Two Christmas Lullabies, I Sleep, Jesus; Quiet Night - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 12665)

  BRUCKNER: Fourth movement, Finale, from Symphony No 6 in A - Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (RCA 88751 31262)

  STRAUSS: Die Tageszeiten Op 76 - Berlin Radio Choir & SO/Marek Janowski (Pentatone PTC 5186507)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Pianist Myra Hess

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96 - Isaac Stern (vln) (rec 1960) (Testament SBT 1458)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1961) (BBC Legends BBCL 4111)

  BACH trans Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (rec 1953) (Philips 456 832)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The Isle is Full of Noises

  Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies

  First of two programmes presented by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2015

  Nine programmes

  (7) Highlights from this year's National Finale featuring Paradisum (Epsom Girls' Grammar School), All the King's Men (King's College), Stella Nova (Nelson College for Girls), Collegium (Christ's College and St Margaret's College), Cantala (Wellington East Girls' College), Menasing (St Kentigern College) (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 4:05 PM. Keeping in Character

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Character Dances, from The Nutcracker - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

  RUBINSTEIN: Barcarolle, from Six Characteristic Pictures - Christopher Headington (pno) (Kingdom KCL CD 2008)

  MORENO TORROBA: Piezas caracteristicas, Preambulo; Oliveras; Melodia; Los Mayos; Albada; Panorama - Frank Bungarten (gtr) (MDG 905 1915)

  TURNBULL: Seven Character Sketches - Peter Jacobs (pno) (Somm Recordings SOMMCD 015)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Four Characteristic Waltzes - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223516)

• 5:00 PM. Burt Bacharach

  In a CoW series from 2007 William Dart interviews and looks at the music of the American composer who has recently visited New Zealand

  (4) Long Day Short Night; Let me be lonely; Walking Backwards Down the Road - Dionne Warwick (vocalist); A Tower of Strength; They long to be close to you - Pearl Bailey (vocalist); These Desperate Hours - Mel Tormé (vocalist); With Open Arms - Jane Morgan (vocalist); Warm and Tender - Johnny Mathis (vocalist); She's Gone Away - Mike Patton (vocalist); Close to You - Robin Holcomb (vocalist); Who Gets the Guy?/This Guy's In Love With You - Guy Klusevsekec (accordion); The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield (vocalist); I say a little prayer - Aretha Franklin (vocalist) (R Tues 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  PUCCINI: Tosca, an opera in three acts

  Tosca................................ Orla Boylan

  Cavaradossi...................... Simon O'Neill

  Scarpia.............................. Phillip Rhodes

  Angelotti.......................... James Clayton

  Sacristan........................... Barry Mora

  Spoletta............................ James Rodgers

  Sciarrone........................... Wade Kernot

  Jailer................................. Matt Landreth

  Shepherd boy................... Cameron Brownsey

  .......................................... Xavier Francis

  Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia/Tobias Ringborg (recorded in the ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Living for Art

  MUSSORGSKY arr Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (RNZ)

  ACHRON: Two Pastels Op 44 - Ingolf Turban (vln), Jascha Nemtsov (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.438)

  DROZD: Triptych Op 102 - Lily Afshar (gtr) (Archer ARR 31926)

  J STRAUSS II: Artists' Life Waltz - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  CARR: Waiheke Island - Amoris Consort (Amoris AR 1002)

  LISZT: Vallée d'Obermann, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.116)

  LILBURN: Symphony No 2 - New Zealand SO/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi CD SLD 90)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GADE: Novelettes Op 29 - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

  RAUTAVAARA: Manhattan Trilogy - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

  11:00 DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Dvorák Trio (Supraphon SU 4144)

  DUSSEK: Trio in F for flute, cello & piano Op 65 - Clive Conway (fl), Christina Shillito (cello), Christine Croshaw (pno) (Meridian CDE 84383)

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