Sunday 30 October 2011 Rātapu 30 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  Pre-Halloween special: The War of the Worlds (1938)

  The original Orson Welles radio play that had American radio listeners in the 1930s fearing Martians had invaded the earth. "Don't panic. It's just a radio show!" - Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater Players, with Frank Readick, Ray Collins and Dan Seymour (Radio Spirits 103038)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  HANSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 33; The Lament for Beowulf Op 25; Symphony No 5 Op 43, Sinfonia Sacra - Seattle Chorale & SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3709)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  GARDNER: Petite Suite Op 245; McCABE: Domestic Life; LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade; LEIGHTON: Concerto Op 88; LANE: Suite Champêtre; MELLERS: Aubade; MILFORD: Two Pipe Tunes; KAY: Mr Pitfield's Pavane; DODGSON: Concerto Chacony - John Turner (rec), Keith Elcombe (hpschd), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BACH: Keyboard Concertos, No 1 in D minor BWV1052; No 5 in F minor BWV1056; Concerto for two harpsichords & strings BWV1060; Concerto in C for three harpsichords & strings BWV1064; Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords & strings BWV1065 - Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger, Blandine Verlet (hpschds), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 497)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op 12; Op 38; Op 43; Op 47 - Gerard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  GUERRERO: Vespers for All Saints - Chapelle du Roi/Alistair Dixon (Signum SIGCD 017)

  BACH: Allemande, from Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 - Steven Isserlis (cello) (Hyperion CDA 67541/2)

  BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Netherlands Chamber Choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 27108)

  G IVES: In pace; Lullaby; A song of divine love - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives, Richard Pinel (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7420)

  SUK: Meditation on an old Czech hymn - Sacconi Quartet (Sacconi SACC 104)

  SILVESTROV: The Lord's Prayer from Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

  SCHUBERT: Mass No 2 in G D167 - Claudia Reinhard (sop), Rüdiger Ballhorn (ten), Markus Flaig (bass), Immortal Bach Ensemble, Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen (Naxos 8.570764)

  SILAS: Fantasia on St Ann's Hymn Op 93 - Graham Barber (organ of Tewkesbury Abbey) (Hyperion CDA 67356)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde, Prelude - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Mark Elder (Sony SK 62032)

  ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  DEBUSSY trans Lindberg: The girl with the flaxen hair from Preludes, Book 1 - Christian Lindberg (tbn), Per Lundberg (pno) (BIS CD 808)

  VERDI: Ave Maria, from Otello - Maria Callas (sop), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Nicola Rescigno (EMI 5 57062)

  HANDEL: Air, from Water Music Suite No 1 in F - Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 66967)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67849)

  BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers - Joseph Calleja (ten), ASMF/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 6931)

  DRING: Second movement, Andante semplice, from Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

  MARTUCCI: Serenata Op 57/2 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  GOETHE IN MUSIC

  "Music begins where words end" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

  Roger Wilson presents a programme looking at Goethe's influence on various composers and how his literature provided a great source of inspiration in their music (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  MOZART: Das Veilchen K476 - Joan Rodgers (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66989)

  SCHUBERT: Five Goethe Songs, Der Sänger D149; Der Musensohn D764; Ganymed D544; Wanderers Nachtlied D224; Erlkönig D328 - Ernst Buscagne (bar), Tom McGrath (pno) (Genuin GMP 020202)

• 10:00 AM. Millennium of Music

  The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach

  Five programmes

  (5) The Black Dragon: Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula (c1431-76)

  Cançonièr: Annette Bauer (rec/bells/vocalist/lute/percussion), Tim Rayborn (vocalist/percussion/citole/lauta/tromba marina/psaltery/ud), Phoebe Jevtovic (vocalist), Shira Kammen (vielle/harp/vocalist)

  BEHEIM: Von ainem wutrich der hies Trakle waida von der Walachei; WOLKENSTEIN: Wol auf wir wellen slafen; PAUMANN: Mit ganzen Willen; GODEFROY: Volek sirolmtudotlon; TRAD: Azt gondoltam esö esik; TRAD arr Bauer/Rayborn: Azt gondoltam esö esik, instrumental version; TRAD: Dragaicuta; Estéli imádság; Ugrcinska Ruchenitsa; ANON: La danse du cleves; DUFAY: Lamentio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae; TRAD: Amoroso; KOUKOUZELIS: Voulgarikon; TRAD: Kyrie echechraxa; Taksim, makam uak; TRAD arr Cançonièr: Salvator Noster; BEHEIM: Von ainem wutrich der hies Trakle waida von der Walachei (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  GRÉTRY: L'ami de la maison, Overture - Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F# minor Op 11 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (Vanguard Classics 99034)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in Bb D117 - Salvatore Accardo (vln), I Musici (PentaTone PTC 5186 137)

• Noon The Critic's Chair

  Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Philippe Gaubert: composer, flutist, conductor

  GAUBERT: Inscriptions pour les portes de la ville - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Philippe Gaubert (rec 1936)

  DUPARC: Aux étoiles - Symphony Orchestra/Philippe Gaubert (rec 1929)

  BACH: Badinerie, from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067; GAUBERT: Soir sur la plaine; Madrigal - Philippe Gaubert (fl), piano accompaniment (rec 1919)

  GAUBERT: Les Chants de la Mer - Symphony Orchestra/Philippe Gaubert (rec 1930)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre - Symphony Orchestra/Philippe Gaubert (rec 1930) (Alpha 801)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Sir Adrian Boult

  In his series looking at some of the notable conductors of the 20th century Murray Khouri reviews the career of Sir Adrian Boult (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Composers of the Week

  GOETHE IN MUSIC

  "Music begins where words end" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

  BOÏTO: Mefistofele, an opera in four acts with prologue and epilogue

  Mefistofele.............................. Ferruccio Furlanetto

  Faust...................................... Giuseppe Filianoti

  Margherita/Helen of Troy........ Dimitra Theodossiou

  Marta..................................... Sonia Zaramella

  Wagner.................................. Mimmo Ghegghi

  Pantalis................................... Monica Minarelli

  Teatro Massimo, Palermo Chorus & Orch/Stefano Ranzini (Naxos 8.660248)

• 5:20 PM. What a Devil

  COOKE: Jabez and the Devil, Suite - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 203)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Crabb: Romance del Diablo - James Crabb (accordion), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 10163)

  CASSADO: Dance of the Green Devil - Maria Kliegel (cello), Raymund Havenith (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223403)

  NOVAK: Devil's Polka Op 55/21 - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 10 1429)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  LILBURN: Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (6) William Dart reviews new local releases from Kimbra, Lisa Crawley, Matthew Pickering and Bannerman (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2011

  Nine programmes

  (2) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Resolutions (Rangi Ruru Girls' School), Sweet Sixteen (Aorere College), Southern Hesperides (Otago Girls' High School), Macleans College Choir (Macleans College), Teal Voices (Wellington Girls' College)

  TRAD arr Neaum: Dance to your daddie; CHILDS: The moon is distant from the sea; BRUCKNER: Locus iste; JOHNSON: Ain't got time to die; WAIMOTU: Te Atua; GERSHWIN: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess; FAIRHURST: Set me as a seal; GILPIN: Nothin' gonna stumble my feet; FAURÉ: Sanctus, from Messe Basse; TRAD arr Latham: Oh no, John! (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 8:45 PM. Recent English Releases

  BRIAN: English Suite No 3 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Dutton CDLX 7267)

  STANFORD: Concert Variations on Down Among the Dead Men - Finghin Collins (pno), RTE National SO/Kenneth Montgomery (Claves 50 1101)

  BRITTEN: Gloriana, Symphonic Suite Op 53a - Robert Murray (ten), BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10658)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RIES: Sextet in G minor Op 142 - Frankfurt Ensemble Concertant (CPO 999 622)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 1 in D minor Op 43 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Neville Marriner (Phoenix Edition 412)

  11:00 SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D minor Op 56, Intimate Voices - Tetzlaff Quartet (Avi Music 8553202)

  RUDOLF VON HABSBURG: Clarinet Trio in Eb - Dieter Klöcker (cl), Guido Schiefen (cello), Olaf Dressler (pno) (CPO 777 224)

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