Sunday 17 December 2017 Rātapu 17 Hakihea 2017

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

  TREMAIN: Three Mystical Songs - Anthea Moller (mezzo), Lindsay String Orch/Dobbs Franks (Kiwi SLD 16)

  BACH: Inventions in three parts BWV787-BWV801 - Janine Jansen (vln), Maxim Rysanov (vla), Torleif Thedéen (cello) (Decca 475 9081)

  BRAHMS arr Wright: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

  1:00 approx

  LILBURN: Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Wellington Orpheus Choir, New Zealand SO/Charles Groves (KIWI CD SLD 100)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 19 in C minor D958 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 579)

  ADAMS: The Chairman Dances - SO of Norrlands Opera/Kristjan Jarvi (CCN'C 1912)

  2:00 approx

  CARR: Waiheke Island - Amoris Consort (AMORIS AR 1002)

  SOR: Six Waltzes Op 39 - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (Brilliant Classics 93898)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Simon Preston (org), Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 419 617)

  3:00 approx

  MOZART: Variations in G on Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9081)

  DUTILLEUX: Sonatine for flute & piano - Patrick Gallois (fl), Lydia Wong (pno) (NAXOS 8.557328)

  4:00 approx

  ALKAN: Treize Prières Op 64/2 & 13 - John Wells (org) (RIBBONWOOD RCD 1001)

  ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5049)

  CULLEN: Prelude No 23 in D minor - Jeremy Cullen (pno) (Notornis NTS 001)

  5:00 approx

  BACH trans Neumann: Twenty Duos for violin & cello, excerpts - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (VIRGIN CLASSICS 3 32626)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 30 in D HobXVI/19 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10736)

  STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Andrew Davis (CBS MK 76794)

  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)

  CALDARA: Chiacona Op 2/12 - Four Nations Ensemble (GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 347)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 12 in Ab Op 26 (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

  LOTTI arr Barley: Crucifixus - Matthew Barley (cello) (BLACK BOX BBM 1068)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  GOMBERT: Antiphon; Magnificat 3; Antiphon (2) - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (dir) (GIMELL CDGIM 037)

  LAURIDSEN: Ave dulcissima Maria - men of Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (finger cymbals) (HYPERION CDA 67580)

  BIBER: The Annunciation, from The Mystery Sonatas - John Holloway (vln), Tragicomedia (Virgin VCD 7 90838)

  GJEILO: Serenity - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  GRETCHANINOV: Missa Sancti Spiritus - Tatiana Jeranje (contralto), Russian State Symphonic Cappella, unnamed organist/Valéry Polyansky (Chandos CHAN)

  MOZART: Church Sonata in C K336 - King's Consort/Robert King (dir), Ian Watson (org) (HYPERION CDH 55314)

  ORA Advent Calendar of Carols

  BRAHMS: Ave Maria Op 12 - women of Corydon Singers/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (HYPERION CDH 55346)

  RUTTER: Of a rose; Et misericordia, from Magnificat - Patricia Forbes (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM COLCD 114)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

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

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English CO/Stephen Cleobury, José-Luis Garcia (vln), Peter Barley (org) (EMI 5 67523)

  FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (SUPRAPHON 110624)

  DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Susan Drake (harp) (HYPERION CDA 66340)

  LAURIDSEN: La Rose Complète,Dirait-on, from Les Chansons des Roses - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67580)

  FRAHM arr Badzura: Ambre - Daniel Hope (vln), Christoph Anacker (dbass), Jacques Ammon (pno),Jane Berthe (harp), Kaiser Quartett (DG 479 6922)

  KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Kjell Lysell, Ulf Forsberg (vlns), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 459 631)

  PIAZZOLLA: Adiós Nonino - Juan José Mosalini (bandoneón), Osvaldo Calo (pno), Leonardo Sanchez (gtr), Otto Derolez (vln), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80526)

  PACHELBEL: Canon in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92403)

  MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Tafelmusik Orch/Bruno Weil (DHM 82876 89504)

• 10:00 AM. BBC Lunchtime Concerts

  Céline Moinet (ob), Florian Uhlig (pno)

  SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94; NIELSEN: Fantasy Pieces Op 2; C SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 22; SCHUMANN: Abendlied Op 85/12; PASCULLI: Concerto sopra 'La Favorita' di Donizetti (recorded in Wigmore Hall, London by BBC)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  J RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

  HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

  STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite - CO of Europe/Alexander Janiczek (dir) (LINN CKD 330)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Stefanie True, Zsuzsi Tóth (sopranos), Jan Kullmann, Daniel Elgersma (countertenors), Philippe Froeliger, Robert Buckland (tenors), Sebastian Myrus (bass), Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier (Alpha ALPHA370)

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 3 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen;

  CHARPENTIER: Sanctus & Benedictus; Agnus Dei, from Messe de Minuit pour Noël H.9 - Jane Archibald, Michele de Boer, Anne L'Espèrance (sopranos), Marion Newman, Nancy Reynolds (contraltos), Colin Ainsworth, James McLennan, David Nortman (tenors), Giles Tomkins, Esteban Cambre (bass), Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  BARBIROLLI: An Elizabethan Suite - Berlin Phil/John Barbirolli (TESTAMENT SBT2 1350)

  PUCCINI: Te Deum, from Tosca - Lawrence Tibbett (bar), unnamed orch & conductor (PEARL GEM 0048)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 - Artur Schnabel (pno), London SO/Malcolm Sargent (ARABESQUE Z 6549)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  History through the Piano

  Five programmes in which John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his values and his beliefs

  (5) The Centre Cannot Hold (RNZ)

  SCHOENBERG: Concerto for string quartet & orchestra (1) - Fred Sherry String Quartet, Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble/Robert Craft (NAXOS 8.55752)

  GERSHWIN: An American in Paris - San Francisco SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 625)

• 3:00 PM. Afternoon Concert

  Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2015

  First semi-final round

  With Michael Houstoun (pno), Ashley Brown (cello)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 - Marie-Christine Klettner (vln)

  Piano Trio No 5 in D Op 70/1, Ghost - Natsumi Tsuboi (vln)

  Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Timothy Chooi (vln)

  (recorded in the Queenstown Memorial Centre by RNZ)

• 4:40 PM. Afternoon Classics

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

  ORA Advent Calendar of Carols

• 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

  MONTEVERDI: Laudate Dominum SV 272a - I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 483 1654)

  BACH: Oboe Sonata in G minor BWV1030b - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

  DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  PUCCINI: Tosca

  Puccini's melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has both offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century

  Tosca............................ Orla Boylan

  Cavaradossi................. Simon O'Neill

  Scarpia......................... Phillip Rhodes

  Angelotti...................... James Clayton

  Sacristan...................... Barry Mora

  Spoletta........................ James Rodgers

  Sciarrone...................... Wade Kernot

  Jailer............................. Matt Landreth

  Shepherd boy............... Cameron Brownsey, Xavier Francis

  Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia/Tobias Ringborg (recorded in the Aotea Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

• 8:15 PM. Evening Classics

  WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 - Sabine Meyer (cl), Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)

  HAYDN/HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  NZ performers and composers

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in C minor Op 40/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

  SIBELIUS: The Dryad Op 45/1 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (NAXOS 8.570763)

  LILBURN: Sonatina for clarinet & piano - Walter Hamer (cl), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 57)

  HILL: String Quartet No 4 in C minor - Dominion Quartet (NAXOS 8.572097)

  FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (4) - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DVORÁK: In Nature's Realm, Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)

  DEBUSSY: Images oubliées - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

  BACH arr Taylor: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in C, Le Midi - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb K282 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (Philips 456 928)

Next day - Mon 18

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