Sunday 31 January 2016 Rātapu 31 Kohi-tātea 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  STRAUSS: Four Symphonic Interludes, from Intermezzo; String Sextet, from Capriccio; Die schweigsame Frau, Potpourri; Guntram, Prelude; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy Op 65 - Rotterdam Phil/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54581)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  WALTON: Viola Concerto; Sonata for string orchestra; Variations on a theme by Hindemith - Nobuko Imai (vla), London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9106)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  G GABRIELI: Dulcis Jesu; Sonata pian e forte; Jubilate Deo; Sonata; O Jesu mi dulcissime; Canzon; Hic est filius Dei; Sonata con tre violini; Sonata; Miserere mei Deus, Gloria patri; Canzon in echo duodecimi toni; Audite principes - Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 54265)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  MERTZ: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto; Fantasy on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni; GOUNOD arr Hellweg: Waltzes from Faust; TÁRREGA: Fantasy on themes from Arrieta's Marina; ARCAS: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Il Trovatore; FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto; GIULIANI: La Rossiniana - Pepe Romero (gtr), Wilhelm Hellweg (fpno) (Philips 446 090)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  RAMEAU: Les Paladins Suite - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt (Philips 432 968)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  LAURIDSEN: Introitus, from Lux aeterna - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt, Jörg Halubek (org) (Bayer BR 100 305)

  BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Berlin Volcalconsort//Marcus Creed (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2079)

  HOLST: Ave Maria - Wells Cathedral School Choralia/Christopher Finch (Naxos 8.573427)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Foster: Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, No 2, Rhosymedre; No 3, Hyfrydol - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49745)

  GRIEG: In heav'n above, from Four Psalms Op 74 - Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen (BIS SACD 1661)

  ANON arr Harms: Latvian Prayer - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10, Ubi caritas; Tota pulchra es; Tu es Petrus; Tantum ergo - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Chandos CHAN 10357)

  HOWELLS: Te Deum & Benedictus (St George's, Windsor) - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer, Rupert Gough (org) (Hyperion CDA 67494)

  MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Winchester Cathedral Choir & Quiristers, Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 460 583)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act III - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

  BOCCHERINI arr Maisky: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

  MOZART: Second movement, Andante, from Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Radu Lupu (pno), English CO/Uri Segal (Decca 421 269)

  HANDEL: Tune your harps, from Esther - Mark Padmore (ten), Katharina Spreckelsen (ob), English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Steven Isserlis (cello), Francis Grier (org) (RCA 09026 61678)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9593)

  AURIC: Where is your heart? from Moulin Rouge - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

  G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 5 57231)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  SUK: A Summer's Tale Op 29 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek (Virgin VC 5 45057)

• 10:00 AM. Music@Menlo

  Around Dvorák

  Nine programmes from the 2014 three-week California summer music festival

  (6) GOTTSCHALK: The Union Op 48 - Gilles Vonsattel (pno)

  DVORÁK: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 - Arnaud Sussmann (vln), Wu Han (pno)

  IVES: The circus band; In Flanders fields; The things our fathers loved; Charlie Rutlage; In Indians; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; American Songbook II, A journey beyond Time, Swing low, sweet chariot; Joshua fit the battle of Jericho; Steal away; Oh, a-rock-a my soul; The Pregnant Earth, a psalm for Noontide; Sit down, sister; Nobody knows de trouble I see; Go down, Moses; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child - Randall Scarlata (bar), Gilbert Kalish (pno), Florian Conzetti (percussion), Christopher Froh, Ayano Kataoka, Ian Rosenbaum (percussion) (Music@Menlo 2014/06)

• 11:25 AM. The Works

  GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 65949)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 16 - Beatrice Rana (pno), St Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 25646 00909)

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 902 209)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  IBERT: Three Short Pieces for wind quintet - Dennis Brain Wind Quintet (rec 1957) (BBC Legends BBCL 4066)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Dennis Brain (horn), Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1953) (EMI 5 66898)

  STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Vienna Phil/Richard Strauss (rec 1942) (Music & Arts CD 1057)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Words and Music

  Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

  (1) Introduction

  A general look at the field before getting down to specifics. Included amongst others are examples from Stilgoe and Skellern, Tom Lehrer, Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim and Bernstein (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  2015 Pettman Royal Overseas League Arts Chamber Music Scholarship Finale

  CARULLI: Duo in G Op 34; FALLA: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Duo Kita: Jake Church, George Wills (gtrs)

  SCHNITTKE: Second movement, Tempo di valse, from Piano Quintet; PSATHAS: Third movement, Luminos, from Piano Quintet; DVORÁK: First movement, Allegro ma non tanto, from Piano Quintet in A Op 81 - Maggiore Quintet: Shauno Isomura, April Ju (vlns), Julie Park (vla), Yoon Bee Jee (cello), Kent Isomura (pno)

  BEETHOVEN: Second, Third & Fourth movements, Adagio espressivo; Scherzo; Poco allegretto, from Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96; BRAHMS: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108; KAPUSTIN: First movement, Allegro, from Violin Sonata Op 70 - Tasman Duo: Lauren Bennett (vln), Bradley Wood (pno)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 - Evoco: Noelle Dannenbring (pno), Brigitte Balzat (vln), Matthias Balzat (cello) (recorded at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato by RNZ)

• 4:35 PM. Grimm Stories

  RAFF: Sleeping Beauty, Prelude - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5135)

  WILD: Reminiscences on Churchill's Snow White - Earl Wild (pno) (Sony SK 62036)

• 5:00 PM. The Low Down

  Five programmes with jazz bassist Nick Tipping

  (4) Jazz bassist Nick Tipping shines a light on the monsters of the deep and their spectacular bass playing. You'll hear virtuosic playing from Edgar Meyer, Jaco Pastorius' Portrait of Tracy, and Berimbass with Renaud Garcia-Fons (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (5) J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, an operetta in three acts

  An English translation of the classic Viennese adaptation of a French tale by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. It's a witty story full of domestic intrigues and disguises in which the misdemeanours are all laid firmly at the door of King Champagne

  Eisenstein......................... Toby Spence

  Rosalinde.......................... Susanna Philips

  Adele................................ Lucy Crowe

  Prince Orlofsky................ Susan Graham

  Ida.................................... Betsy Wolfe

  Alfred............................... Dimitri Pittas

  Dr Falke............................ Paulo Szot

  Dr Blind........................... Mark Schowalter

  Frank................................ Alan Opie

  Ivan.................................. Jason Simon

  Frosch............................... Christopher Fitzgerald

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)

• 9:35 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  PSATHAS: Waiting for the Aeroplane - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2010)

  STATHAM: Black Swan - Camille White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  PRUDEN: Flight of the Albatross - Tessa Petersen (vln), John van Buskirk (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5141)

  STRAVINSKY: Lullaby & Finale from The Firebird - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 - Gutman Trio (Brilliant Classics 94474)

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Fabio Biondi (vln), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (dir) (Naïve ES 9958)

  PLEYEL: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb - Anne Angerer (ob), Hanno Dönneweg (bsn), Stuttgart Radio SO/Johannes Moesus (CPO 777 606)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 3 in F Op 73 - Valentin Berlinsky Quartet (Avie AV 2273)

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