Sunday 21 May 2017 Rātapu 21 Haratua 2017

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SVENDSEN: Symphony No 1 in D Op 4; Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 15; Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  KUHNAU: Biblical Sonatas, Nos 1-6 - Richard Apperley (org) (Organism ORG 001)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Cantata No 170, Vergnügte Ruh'; Cantata No 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde; Geist und Seele wird verwirret - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Collegium Vocale Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1644)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  DUROSOIR: Jouvence; Caprice for cello & harp; Berceuse for flute & piano; Incantation bouddhique; Vitrail; Au Vent des Landes; Piano Quintet - Saskia Lethiec (vln), Florent Audibert (cello), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Anne-Cécile Cuniot (fl), Frédéric Lagarde (pno), Catherine Coquet (cor anglais), Karine Lethiec (vla), Amaury Coeytaux (vln), Ensemble Calliopée/Renaud Déjardin (Alpha 164)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  VICTORIA: Missa O quam gloriosum - Westminster Cathedral Choir/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66114)

  GLENNIE: Light in Darkness - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

  DURUFLÉ: Tota pulchra es, Maria; FAURÉ: Ave Maria Op 93; MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria Op 23/2 - Mark Dobell (ten), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (ucj 476 6295)

  BACH: Cantata No 194, Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest - Ruth Holton (sop), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 13858)

  PAULUS: Pilgrims' Hymn, from The Three Hermits - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.57254)

  ANON: Regnas Augustine - Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge/Mary Berry (HERALD HAVPCD 200)

  TRAD arr Pohjola: A mighty fortress is our God - Jukka Perko (sax), Virtuosi di Kuhmo CO/John Storgårds (EMI 7243 594552 8)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

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

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Song of India, from Sadko - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp) (EMI 3 59488)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (1) - Rudolf Buchbinder (pno) (Warner 8573 80438)

  BEACH: Berceuse - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

  TRAD arr Rutter: Afton Water - Claire Caldwell (pno), Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

  MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 459 064)

  HAWES: Dressed in Blue - Hugh Webb (harp), Jo Knight (cello), Conventus, English CO/Patrick Hawes (BLACK BOX BBM 1081)

  HANDEL: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

  STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Georg Solti (pno) (Decca 430 511)

  DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8323)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Dolly Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

  BACH: Partita No 1 in Bb BWV825 - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (VIRGIN 5 45526)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 1 in D K412 - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (NAXOS 8.570419)

• 10:00 AM. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2016

  SALONEN: Homunculus - Johannes String Quartet;

  SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - William Preucil (violin), Manabu Suzuki (viola), Mark Kosower (cello), Leigh Mesh (d bass), Inon Barnatan (piano) (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D Op 7/6 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 5 in D Op 102/2 - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (PHILIPS 475 379)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (PHILIPS 473 015)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  CHOPIN: Waltz in Db Op 64/1, Minute; Nocturne in B Op 62/1 - Maurizio Pollini (piano) (DG 479 6127)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op35 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln) Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim (DG 479 6038)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Vladimír Ríha (cl), Smetana Quartet (SUPRAPHON SU 3969)

  DVORÁK: The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (DUTTON 2CDEA 5026)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The Planets

  Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' is a triumph of orchestration; but many of its features and innovations are taken for granted. Thomas Goss takes us on a tour of the unique architecture and fascinating conception of this 20th-century masterpiece (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Afternoon Concert

  Gisborne International Music Competition 2016

  Three programmes

  (3) Finalists: Oscar Han, Natalia Harvey, Yebin Yoo (violins)

  WIENIAWSKI: Fantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust Op 20; SZYMANOWSKI: Nocturne and Tarantella Op 28 - Oscar Han (vln), Joshua Han (pno);

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Natalia Harvey (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno);

  PSATHAS: Gyftiko - Natalia Harvey (vln);

  DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata in G minor; RAVEL: Tzigane - Yebin Yoo (vln), Rachel Thomson (pno)

  (recorded in Gisborne Memorial Theatre by RNZ)

• 4:30 PM. Afternoon Classics

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Orpheus CO (DG 423 624)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F Op 4/5 - Simon Preston (org), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  William Dart hosts a half-hour of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, following a personal trail to explore where his ears, gaze and nose guide him (RNZ)

• 5:30 PM. Early Evening Classics

  SMETANA: The Kiss, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (SUPRAPHON 110624)

  SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (ob), Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 439 889)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - Alexander Kerr (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 168)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (20) VERDI: Aida

  Premièred in the Cairo Opera House in 1871, this tragic love story is set in the time of the pharaohs when Egypt was at war with Ethiopia

  Aida............................. Krassimira Stoyanova

  Amneris....................... Violeta Urmana

  Radamès...................... Riccardo Massi

  Amonasro.................... George Gagnidze

  Ramfis......................... James Morris

  The King...................... Solomon Howard

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Daniele Rustioni (EBU)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80596)

  MOZART: Divertimento in D K136 - Amadeus Quartet (DG 423 300)

  PROKOFIEV: A Summer Day - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CDQS 6114)

  L COUPERIN: Suite in C - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (TARTAR TRL 022)

  MENDELSSOHN: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe - Stephanie Shroff (sop), Alex Hill (contralto), Christopher Bowen (ten), Matthew Leese (bass), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96 - Martin Riseley (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RATTLE RAT D032)

Next day - Mon 22

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