Sunday 8 November 2015 Rātapu 8 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125; Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509-91184)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Symphonie No 5 Op 42/1, Toccata; FRANCK: Prélude, fugue et variation Op 18; MESSIAEN: Transports de joie; VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19; ALAIN: Litanies; DURUFLÉ: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain Op 7; Prélude; Fugue; SAINT-SAËNS: Fantaisie in Eb; FRANCK: Choral No 3 in A minor; LANGLAIS: Prélude modal; VIERNE: Symphonie No 1 Op 14, Finale - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Great Opera Quintets & Sextets

  Quintets & Sextets from Cosi fan tutte, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Lakmé, Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, Anna Bolena, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Le nozze di Figaro, Macbeth & Lucia di Lamermoor - Various artists (Decca 448 061)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2, Razumovsky; String Quartet in Eb Op 74, Harp - Borodin Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10191)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concertos, in F RV485; in Bb RV503; in Eb RV483; in A minor RV497; in C RV473; in G RV492 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 416 355)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  G JACKSON: To morning; Salve Regina - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67708)

  PÄRT: Summa - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 834)

  GRIEG: Ave maris stella; LISZT: Ave maris stella - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Huw Williams (org) (UCJ 476 6295)

  SCHUBERT: German Mass D872 - Immortal Bach Ensemble, Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen (Naxos 8.570764)

  BACH: Cantata No 139, written for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity, Happy is the man who can rely on his God, as does a child - Yukari Nonoshita (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS SACD 1451) STANFORD: The Lord is my shepherd - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom, Paul Plummer (org) (CRD 3497)

  RUTTER: 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 (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  ROBERTS: An English Elegy - Roland Roberts (vln), City of Oxford Orch/Levon Parikian (Quartz QTZ 2036)

  SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Borodin Trio (Chandos CHAN 8324)

  STRAUSS: Allerseelen - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

  MURCIA/COLL arr Pluhar: Romanesca - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

  FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

  LISZT: Offertorium, from Hungarian Coronation Mass - Budapest SO/György Lehel (Hungaroton HCD 12148)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1962)

  PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque/Charles Medlem (dir) (BIS CD 1135)

• 9:00 AM. History through the Violin

  As we listen to pieces of violin music, composed between the early 1700s and the early 1900s, we recognize changing forms and styles. But we seldom relate these changes to the wider changes happening in European culture. In this series John Drummond treats pieces of violin music as windows into the time of their composition, relating them to contemporary values, ideas and tastes

  (2) Mozart (RNZ)

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 33 in Eb K481 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 477 5801)

• 10:00 AM. Brilliant Brass

  In this new series David Bremner profiles six 'Legends of Brass'

  (2) Maurice André (tpt)

  The French classical trumpeter made over 250 recordings during his career and is revered for his silvery tone (RNZ)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony Op 58 - City of Birmingham SO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 895 151)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  REGER: Waldeinsamkeit; Es schläft ein stiller Garten; Totensprache; Schlummerlied; Der bescheidene Schäfer - Michaela Schuster (mezzo), Markus Schlemmer (pno) (Oehms OC 1833)

  BERKELEY: String Trio Op 19 - Sophie Mather (vln), Dan Shilladay (vla), Gemma Wareham (cello) (Resonus RES 10149)

  WEINBERG: Concertino for violin & string orchestra - Linus Roth (vln), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian (Challenge Classics CC 72680)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Vintage BRAHMS

  Waltzes Op 39, excerpts - Dinu Lipatti, Nadia Boulanger (pno duet) (rec 1937) (Philips 456 892)

  Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - Frederick Thurston (cl), Griller Quartet (rec 1941) (Testament SBT 1366)

  Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - London Phil/Eduard van Beinum (rec 1949) (LPO 0011)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Music and Dreams

  Since ancient times, the arts have been inspired by dreams. In this four part series, Ryan Smith looks at some famous composers from different eras who've lifted ideas and music straight out of their dreams

  (2) The dark side of dreams: nightmares and madness (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2015

  Nine programmes

  (2) Highlights from this year's National Finale featuring Voicemale (Westlake Boys' High School), Teal Voices (Wellington Girls' College), Con Anima (St Patrick's College, Wellington), Ovation (Marlborough Girls' College), Cantare (Westlake Girls' High School), Burnside High School Senior Chorale (Burnside High School) (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 4:15 PM. Going Contrapuntal

  MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in Eb Op 81/4 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5370)

  RESPIGHI: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10388)

  BEETHOVEN: Fugue in D Op 137 - Gérard Caussé (vla), Delian Quartet (Oehms Classics OC 796)

  BOWERMAN: Fantasy on a Fugue of Elgar - Laura Samuel (vln), Emily Pailthorpe (ob), Anna Stokes (fl), London Serenata/Krzystof Chorzelski (Champs Hill CHRCD 033)

  WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (9) With William Dart (R Tues 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Euroradio Opera Season

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

  MOZART: La Finta semplice K51, an opera in three acts

  Fracasso............................ Leonardo Cortelazzi

  Rosina............................... Chen Reiss

  Cassandro......................... Kay Stiefermann

  Polidoro............................ Oliver Ringelhahn

  Giacinta............................ Elena Belfiore

  Simone.............................. David Steffens

  Ninetta.............................. Anna Lucia Richter

  Munich Radio Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (recorded in the Prinzregententheater, Munich by German Radio, Munich)

• 8:15 PM. An Evening Study

  CHOPIN: Etudes Op 10 - Tatiana Shebanova (pno) (NIFC NIFCCD 007)

  HAAS compltd/rev Peduzzi: Study for strings - Janácek CO/Jakub Cernohorsky (dir) (Chandos CHAN 10678)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  HAMILTON: Pioneer Spirit - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  RR BENNETT: Songs before sleep, The mouse and the bumble-bee; Wee Willie Winkie; Twinkle, twinkle, little star; Baby, baby, naughty baby; As I walked by myself; There was an old woman (for Jonathan Lemalu) - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D019)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  IRELAND arr Ireland/Bush: A Downland Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9376)

  MERCADANTE: Clarinet Concerto in B flat Op 101 - Giammarco Casani (cl), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573035)

  RESPIGHI: Three Botticelli Pictures - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.573168)

  11:00 HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

  GLAZUNOV: Five Novelettes Op 15 - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.570256)

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