Sunday 15 May 2016 Rātapu 15 Haratua 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Cakewalk Ballet; PISTON: The Incredible Flutist - Louisville Orch/Akira Endo, Jorge Mester (Albany TROY 016)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Rasumovsky Quartets Op 59/2 & 3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  RODRIGO: Christmas carols and songs; Hymns of the Neophytes of Qumran; Music for the Salamancan Codex; Canticle of St Francis of Assisi - Raquel Lojendio, María Jesús Prieto, Victoria Marchante, Ada Allende (sops), David Rubiera (bar), Orch and Chorus of the Comunidad de Madrid/José Ramón Encinar (Naxos 8.557223)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  DEBUSSY: La boite à joujoux; Etudes Vol 1 & 2 - Jörg Demus (pno) (Amadeo 423 277)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; HOLST: St Paul's Suite Op 29/2; WARLOCK: Capriol Suite; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 - Margaret Campbell, Colin Lilley (fls), Audrey Douglas (harp), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5213)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  DUNSTABLE: Veni Sancte Spiritus - Veni Creator Spiritus - Orlando Consort: Robert Harre Jones (countertenor), Charles Daniels, Angus Smith (tens), Don Greig (bass), with Simon Berridge, Steven Harrold (tens), Orlando Consort (Metronome MET CD 1009)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Hymn-tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 012/013)

  WF BACH: Sinfonia & Cantata, Dies ist der Tag - Barbara Schlick (sop), Claudia Schubert (contralto), Wilfried Jochens (ten), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Rhineland Kantorei, Kleine Konzert/Herman Max (Capriccio 10 426)

  HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3157)

  BACH: Fantasia on Komm heiliger Geist BWV651 - Gillian Weir (organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  RUTTER: Come down, O love divine - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown (Naxos 8.557130)

  HUMMEL: Te Deum in D - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - András Schiff (pno) (Dal Segno DSPRCD 044)

  LILBURN: Canzona No 2, from Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi SLD 99)

  ROBERTS: An English Elegy - Roland Roberts (vln), City of Oxford Orch/Levon Parikian (Quartz QTZ 2036)

  HAMELIN: Little Nocturne - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67789)

  CHOPIN arr Cullen: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  SIBELIUS: Valse triste, from Kuolema - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Barcarolle, from The Seasons - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

  COPLAND: Down a Country Lane - London SO/Aaron Copland (Sony SM2K 47236)

  SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Poznan Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (Naxos 8.572637)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9317)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 8 in D - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5142)

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

  Five programmes

  (3) RODION SHCHEDRIN: Menuhin Sonata - Dmitry Sitkovetsky (vln), José Gallardo (pno)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge - James Gilchrist (ten), Anna Tilbrook (pno), RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

  GUBAIDULINA: Homage to T.S. Eliot - Rinnat Moriah (sop), Chloë Hanslip, Liana Gourdjia (vln), Brett Dean (vla), David Cohen (cello), Mathias Kjoller (cl), Hervé Joulain (horn), Peter Whelan (bsn), Niek de Groot (dbass) (recorded at St Brendon's Church, Bantry, Ireland by RTÉ Lyric FM)

• 11:40 AM. The Works

  WILLIAMSON: Piano Concerto No 1 in A - Piers Lane (pno), Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 68011)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines HUME: The Earle of Pembrookes Galiard; The Souldiers Song; A Souldiers Galiard; Tickell, Tickell; Captaine Humes Galliard - Concerto Caledonia/David McGuiness (Delphian DCD 34140)

  MOZART: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Lucas & Arthur Jussen (pno duo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (DG 4812130)

  HAHN: Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Le rossignol de lilas; À Chloris - Véronique Gens (sop), Susan Manoff (pno) (Alpha ALPHA 215)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Claudio Arrau (pno)

  BACH: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903 (rec 1945) (Philips 456 706)

  CHOPIN: Allegro de concert in A Op 46 (rec 1956) (EMI 3 79988)

  Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - with New York Philharmonic SO/Fritz Busch (rec 1950) (Music & Arts CD 1158 (1))

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Alan Loveday (1928-2016)

  The distinguished NZ-born violinist, who made a famous recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, passed away recently at the age of 88. In this programme made in 2011, Peter Mechen and Charlotte Wilson present a profile of Alan Loveday, with contributions also from Ruth Stanfield and Sir Neville Marriner (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Sunday Concert

  Jian Liu (pno), New Zealand School of Music Orch/Kenneth Young

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture; FAURÉ: Prélude; Fileuse; Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37; DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (recorded in St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. The Secret Life of Conductors

  The most prestigious and yet misunderstood role in the orchestra must be that of the conductor. This mysterious person, with their back to the audience, hands waving in the air, casts a spell on the musicians and - on a good night - creates an intoxicating alchemy for the ears.

  For The Secret Life of Conductors, Kirsten Johnstone speaks with some of NZ's most notable maestros, Marc Taddei, Hamish McKeich, Gemma New, and Wyn Davies about the intricacies of their jobs (RNZ)

• 5:25 PM. Three New Zealand Conductors

  ELGAR: Elegy Op 58 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  K YOUNG: Reverie - Buzz Newton (euphonium), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Rata RT 028)

  FARR: Time & Tide - Donald Armstrong (vln), Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (20) DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux, a tragic opera in three acts

  Elisabetta..................... Sondra Radvanovsky

  Sara.............................. Elīna Garanča

  Roberto Devereux....... Matthew Polenzani

  Duke of Nottingham... Mariusz Kwiecien

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Maurizio Benini (EBU)

• 9:10 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

  RAVEL: Miroirs - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 427 619)

  PRAETORIUS: Dances from Terpsichore - Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow (EMI 5 69555)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 419 318)

  JANÁCEK: Idyll for string orchestra - Norwegian CO/Iona Brown (Chandos CHAN 9816)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 31 in Ab HobXVI/46 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67554)

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