Sunday 9 August 2009 Rātapu 9 Here-turi-kōkā 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  Music at the Court of the Duke of Calabria in Valencia (1526-1554)

  Vocal & instrumental music by ALMODAR, MORALES, CARCERES, FLEXTA, GUERRERO & ANON - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Astrée E 8582)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

  4:30 (approx) - Disc 5

  Adagio Religioso

  Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  GUERRERO: Laudate Dominum de caelis; Pater Noster; Duo Seraphim - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (dir) (Naïve ES 9953)

  AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Gregory Op 4/1 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

  HUMMEL ed Hogger: Mass in Bb Op 77 - Collegium Musicum 90 Choir & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0681)

  DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10 - Orfeon Donostiarra/José Antonio Sainz (EMI CDC 5 56878)

  HOWELLS: Psalm-Prelude, Set 2 No 1 - Christopher Dearnley (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Hyperion CDD 22038)

  BUXTEHUDE: Cantata, Most dearly do I love thee, O Lord BuxWV41 - Cantus Cologne/Konrad Junghänel (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1629)

  TIPPETT: Unto the hills - BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury, Iain Farrington (org) (Signum SIGCD 092)

  LAURIDSEN: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; Ave dulcissima Maria - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (finger cymbals) (Hyperion CDA 67580)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 444 389)

  BROCKWAY: Cavatina Op 13 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

  BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers - Roberto Alagna (ten), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Bertrand de Billy (EMI 5 57012)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Karin Schaupp: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner 3984 23306)

  C STAMITZ: Second movement, Romance: Andantino, from Cello Concerto No 1 in G - Christian Benda (cello), Prague CO (Naxos 8.551140)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

  CHOPIN: Etude in E Op 10/3, Tristesse - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 61885)

  MCKEVITT: Sebastiane, from Translucence - Michael Chance (countertenor), Catherine Manson (vla), Caroline Dale (cello) (Instant Karma Classics DHARMACD 5)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Peter Watts talks about the life and music of ANTONIO SOLER (1729-1783) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  Prelude No 1 in D minor; Keyboard Sonata No 24 in D minor - Bob van Asperen (hpschd) (Astrée Auvidis E 8768)

  Concerto No 2 in A minor for two organs - Peter Hurford, Thomas Trotter (organs of Salamanca Cathedral, Spain) (Decca 436 115)

• 10:00 AM. Chamber Music at Lincoln Center

  Twenty-six programmes hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City

  (21) Russian

  NADAREJSHVILI: String Quartet No 2; TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - St Petersburg Quartet (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  VANHAL: Violin Concerto in Bb (Weinmann IIb:Bb1) - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.557815)

  MEDTNER: Fairy-tales Op 9 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67491/2)

  MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 7, Alsatian Scenes - Nice Phil/Marco Guidarini (Talent DOM 2929 106)

• Noon Pressing On

  With Julie Sperring (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  STRAUSS: Festival Prelude Op 61 - Dresden State Opera Orch/Kurt Striegler, Hanns Ander-Donath (org) (rec 1944) (Profil PH 07010)

  PONCE: Guitar Sonata No 3 - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (rec 1955) (DG 477 6050)

  BARTÓK: Music for strings, percussion & celesta - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (rec 1965) (Brilliant Classics 8593)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Hymns for the People

  Allan Thomas looks at the role that hymns have played in society, in history and as inspiration to composers

  Twelve programmes

  (10) Comfort (RNZ)

  ZEMLINSKY: Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd - Ernst Senff Chamber Choir, Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 444 969)

• 2:40 PM. Recent Release

  BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in Bb minor; No 3 in C# minor - Anna Gourari (pno) (Berlin Classics 1647 BC)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Euroradio Opera Season

  A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters

  HANDEL: Acis & Galatea, a pastoral opera in two acts

  Galatea......................... Julia Kleiter

  Acis.............................. Christoph Prégardien

  Polyphemus................... Wolf Matthias Friedrich

  Damon.......................... Michael Slattery

  NDR Chorus, Göttingen Festival Orch/Nicholas McGegan (recorded in the Stadhalle, Göttingen by German Radio, Hamburg)

• 4:25 PM. Playing with the Nymphs

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

  SIBELIUS: Wood-Nymph - Timo Keinonen (cello), Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 815)

  LEVITZKI: The Enchanted Nymph - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin 7 59304)

  BAX: Nympholept - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555343)

  KORNGOLD: Tomorrow, from The Constant Nymph - Norma Procter (contralto), Ambrosian Singers, National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 7890-2-RG)

  NOVAK: Toman & the Wood Nymph Op 40 - BBC Phil/Libor Pesek (Chandos CHAN 9821)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in B minor Op 109 - John Khouri (fpno) (Music & Arts CD 1165)

  K YOUNG: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 - Gagliano Trio (Kiwi TRL 016)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (8) William Dart peruses three new local releases from Bachelorette, The Sproutts and Pie Warmer (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  NZSO/Todd Young Composer Awards 2008

  In a two day workshop eleven New Zealand composers under the age of 25 have their works performed by the New Zealand SO and talk about those works with Radio New Zealand's Rebecca Blundell

  Two programmes

  (2) JUNE DAMS: Homeostasis, An Endless Sad Dance of Life and Death; JOANIE CHUNG YEE LEE: Drum Dancers; KATIE JOHNSON: Prelude to the Unspoken; AJITA GOH: Reflection; HANNAH GILMOUR: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:00 PM. Recent Releases

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in C WoO36/3 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Naxos 8.570998)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 45 in F# minor, Farewell - Les Agrémens/Guy van Waas (Ricercar RIC 277)

  CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonata in F Op 13/5 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67729)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SIBELIUS: Two Serenades Op 69 - Pekka Kuusisto (vln/dir), Tapiola Sinfonietta (Ondine ODE 1074)

  GRIEG: Old Norwegian Romance with Variations - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1591)

  WEINBERG: Fantasia for cello & orchestra Op 52 - Claes Gunnarsson (cello), Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund (Chandos CHSA 5064)

  11:00 SCHUBERT: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (Koch International 3-7404)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 - Cherubini Quartet (EMI 5 00857)

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