Sunday 24 September 2017 Rātapu 24 Mahuru 2017

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; Incidental music to Rosamunde D797 - Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 420 715)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  HINDEMITH: Sonata; CAPLET: Divertissements; TAILLEFERRE: Sonata for harp; ÖZDIL: Aganta, Burina, Burinata for harp; FAURÉ: Impromptu; BRITTEN: Suite for harp Op 83 - Godelieve Schrama (harp) (Canal Grande CG 9530)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  STENHAMMAR: Seven Poems from Thoughts of Solitude Op 7; Five Songs to texts by J.L. Runeberg Op 8; Four Swedish Songs Op 16; Five Songs of Bo Bergman Op 20; Songs & Moods Op 26; Late Harvest - Peter Mattei (bar), Bengt-Ake Lundin (pno) (BIS CD 654)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas; PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany; HEENAN: Cindy; Three Maori Songs; RITCHIE: Concerto for Clarinet & Strings; FARQUHAR: Ring Around the Moon - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BRAHMS: Theme and variations for piano; Presto Studies, Nos 3 & 4; Chaconne Study No 5, from Five Studies for Piano; Hungarian Dances; Gavotte; Impromptu; Etude Study No 1; Rondo Study No 2, from Five Studies for Piano - Georg Friedrich Schenck (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1172)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 472 044)

  ALLEGRI ed Rutter: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)

  DURUFLÉ: Messe Cum jubilo - Thomas Herford (bar), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Mark Williams (org) (Chandos CHAN 10357)

  COOMAN: A cosmic prayer; Prayer of Julian of Norwich - Choir of Royal Holloway, London/Rupert Gough, Samuel Rathbone (org) (NAXOS 8.559361)

  BACH: Cantata No 99, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan - Malin Hartelius (sop), William Towers (countertenor), James Gilchrist (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 104)

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

  A LLOYD WEBBER: Pie Jesu, from Requiem - Jane Sheldon, Sara Macliver (sops), Cantillation, Sinfonia/David Stanhope (ABC 472 597)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

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

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  WHITACRE: Sleep - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA67543)

  FAURÉ arr Busser/Hazell: Après un rêve - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  PARADIS: Sicilienne in Eb - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

  MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden - Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (HYPERION CDA 66359)

  BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (ARGO 436 401)

  MASCAGNI arr I Salonisti: Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

  TRAD: The Gentle Swan - Ensemble Galilei (ABC 472 610)

  STILL ed Alexa Still: Here's One - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (KOCH 1932925)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 7/3 - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

  RESPIGHI: Rossiniana - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (NAXOS 8.557711)

  HUMMEL ed Beyer: Potpourri in G minor Op 94 - James Ehnes (vla), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

• 10:00 AM. Chamber Music at Lincoln Center

  Piano Trios of French and Spanish Influence

  TURINA: Piano Trio No 1 in D Op 35 - Orion Weiss (piano), Bella Hristova (violin), Jakob Koranyi (cello)

  RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Inon Barnatan (piano), Jessica Lee (violin), Jakob Koranyi (cello) (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 - Valeri Popov (bsn), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9656)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - Emerson Quartet (DG 445 551)

  DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - BBC Scottish SO/Michal Dworzynski (BBC Music BBC MM 348)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orch (Harmonia Mundi HMC 902197)

  Fantasy in C Op 17 - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (Warner 190295888558)

• 1:05 PM. Vintage Years

  Recordings from 1935

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Boston SO/Serge Koussevitzky (Naxos 8.11017)

  SZYMANOWSKI: Nocturne & Tarantella Op 28 - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Marcel Gazelle (pno) (EMI 5 65962)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The Wagner Tuba

  The instrument has origins in ancient Nordic culture, was developed by Wagner for his epic operas and has since been used in some surprising contexts. Erica Challis offers an illustrated guided tour (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Afternoon Concert

  A Chamber Music New Zealand concert

  Brodsky Quartet

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 3 in F Op 73; BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A minor Op 132; ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1 (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  In New Horizons today, William Dart celebrates the 80th birthday of one of his favourite singers, Karin Krog, with a special hour-long edition (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust

  Based loosely on Goethe's re-telling of the Faust legend, this is the story of a man offered knowledge and love, but at the cost of his own soul. It's a powerful myth in Western culture, and has inspired countless musicians, writers and artists.

  Faust................................. Andrew Staples

  Méphistophélès................. Eric Owens

  Marguerite........................ Alisa Kolosova

  Brander............................. James Clayton

  Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus, Wellington, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Edo de Waart (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  RAVEL: Sonatine - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

  J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)

  LILBURN: A Birthday Offering - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)

  PROKOFIEV: Sonata in C for two violins Op 56 - Natalia Lomeiko, Yuri Zhislin (vlns) (Atoll ACD 513)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MOZART: Divertimento in Eb for wind K252 - Berlin Phil Wind Players (Orfeo C 152 861)

  RR BENNETT: Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune - Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in B Op 9/3 - Israela Margalit (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2022)

  BIBER: Violin Sonata in D - Anton Steck (vln), Christian Rieger (hpschd), Lee Santana (arch lute/chitarrone), Hille Perl (vla da gamba) (CPO 777 124)

  DEBUSSY orch Caplet: Children's Corner - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  NIELSEN: String Quintet in G - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9258)

  FARR: Taheke (2) - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)

  LAURIDSEN: Nocturnes - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67580)

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