Sunday 1 May 2016 Rātapu 1 Haratua 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 Op 47; Cello Concerto No 1 Op 107 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MDK 44903)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb; Piano Sonata in B minor; Hungarian Rhapsody No 6; Années de pèlerinage-année 1, Vallée d'Obermann; Années de pèlerinage-année 3, Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este - Martha Argerich, Lazar Berman (pnos), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 439 409)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  VIVALDI: Gloria in D; BACH: Magnificat BWV 243a - Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby (sops), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Paul Elliott (ten), David Thomas (bass), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston (Oiseau-Lyre 414 678)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  LAZZARI: String Quartet in A minor Op 17; LALO: String Quartet in Eb Op 45 - Quatuor à Cordes de Paris (Chant Du Monde LCD 278 807)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  DELIUS: Violin Concerto; Two Aquarelles; On hearing the first cuckoo in spring; Summer Night on the River; Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo; Irmelin Prelude; Dance Rhapsodies - Tasmin Little (vln), Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (Argo 433 704)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  PÄRT: I am the True Vine - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7242)

  BRYARS: Third movement, from Tre laude dolce - Matthew Barley (cello) (Signum SIGCD 318)

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

  FAURÉ: Messe Basse - Pamela Priestley-Smith (sop), BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury, Richard Pearce (org) (BBC Music MM 85)

  KLENGEL: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

  MORGAN: Death, like an overflowing stream - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7326)

  CANNING: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80503)

  BACH: Cantata No 131, Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord (Psalm 130) - Suzie Leblanc (sop), Daniel Taylor (countertenor/dir), Jan Kobow (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Theatre of Early Music (ATMA ACD 2 2279)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 66650)

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

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

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

  RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Leopold Stokowski (London 443 331)

  CACCINI arr Cullen: Ave Maria - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  ENESCU: Sérénade Lointaine - Trio Brancusi (Zig Zag ZZT 303)

  STÖLZEL orch Klemperer: Bist du bei mir, from the Anna Magdalena Songbook - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

  BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini (RCA GD 87799)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Stephen Stubbs (archlute), Erin Headley (lirone), Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16028)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 64/5, Lark - Emerson String Quartet (DG 471 327)

  RR BENNETT: Seven Country Dances - Amy Dickson (soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

• 10:00 AM. West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2015

  Five programmes

  (1) VIVALDI: Sinfonia in G RV149; Bassoon Concerto in C RV472; Trio Sonata in D minor RV64; Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169; Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565; Bassoon Concerto in G minor RV495 - Peter Whelan (bsn), Sarah MacMahon (cello), Arcangelo (Recorded at Bantry House, Ireland by RTÉ Lyric FM)

• 11:10 AM. The Works

  SCHUBERT: Scherzos D593 - Vladimir Feltsman (pno) (Nimbus NI 6297)

  BIZET: L'Arlésienne - Lyon Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5130)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Violin Concerto in D minor, Concerto accademico - Tamsin Waley-Cohen (vln), Orch of the Swan/David Curtis (Signum SIGCD 399)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion CDA 68068)

  Mike MARSHALL: Sweets Mill - Mike Marshall (mandolin), Turtle Island Quartet (Adventure Music AMA 1083)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (ASO Media 1004)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  BRAHMS: Four Ballades Op 10 - Julius Katchen (pno) (rec 1964) (Decca 417 644)

  DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 (rec 1965) - Ida Haendel (vln), Stuttgart Radio SO/Hans Müller-Kray (Hänssler CD 94.205)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Verdi and Shakespeare

  Two programmes marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death (d 23 April 1616). Elizabeth Hudson examines the inspiration of the English playwright for the Italian composer

  (2) Comedy and Tragedy (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Sunday Concert

  2014 Pettman/Royal Overseas League Arts International Scholarship Final

  BRAHMS: Third & Fourth movements, Andante grazioso; Allegro molto, from Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 101; SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C minor Op 8 - Akato Trio

  FLORENTZ: Chant de Nyandarua; SHOSTAKOVICH arr Arai-Swale: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 - Quattro

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's The Magic Flute; RACHMANINOV: Second movement, Allegro scherzando, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19; PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango - Duo Cecilia (recorded in Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton by RNZ)

• 4:35 PM. May Day

  STERNDALE BENNETT: The May Queen, Overture - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

  MORLEY: Now is the month of maying - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 500)

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

  PALMGREN: May Night Op 27/4 - Henri Sigfridsson (pno) (Ondine ODE 1192)

  ELGAR: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (9) With William Dart (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (18) PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly, an opera in two acts

  Cio-Cio-San................. Kristine Opolais

  Suzuki.......................... Maria Zifchak

  Pinkerton..................... Roberto Alagna

  Sharpless...................... Dwayne Croft

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (EBU)

• 9:35 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

  HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Marco Socías (gtr), Granada City Orch/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1764)

  R FUCHS: Six Fantasy Pieces Op 117 - Claudio Cavaletti (vla), Enrico Maria Polimanti (pno) (Brilliant Classics 95028)

  EWAZEN: Sinfonia for strings - International Sejong Soloists/Hyo Kang (dir) (Albany TROY 577)

  STRAUSS: Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 - Enigma Ensemble (Balance BAL 9442-1)

  SILVESTROV: Alleluia - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 12665)

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