Sunday 12 December 2010 Rātapu 12 Hakihea 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BAX: Violin Concerto; Legend; Romantic Overture; Golden Eagle, Incidental music - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Opp 41; 50; 56; 59; 63; 67; 68; Mazurka in A minor, 'à Emile Gaillard'; Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 584)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  A Christmas Collection: SCHÜTZ: Tröster, tröster mein Volk; Sei gegrüsset,Maria; GABRIELI: Canzon XI; SCHÜTZ: Magnificat anima mea Dominum; Joseph, du Sohn David; Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten; Hodie Christus natus est; WECKMANN: Sonata à 4; SCHÜTZ: O Jesu, nomen dulce; Ein Kind ist uns geboren; GABRIELI: Canzona X; SCHÜTZ: Allein Gott in der Hőh sei Her; Das Wort ward Fleisch; USPER: Sonata à 8; SCHÜTZ: Alleluja, lobet den Herren - Choir and orchestra of the Academy on Ancient Music/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7202)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters;DVORÁK: Cypresses for string quartet - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie; Arabesque No 1; Claire de lune, from Suite Bergamasque; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 42/4; BACH: Wachet Auf!; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; GLINKA: The Lark; GODOWSKY: Alt Wien; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C Op 18; Träumerei Op 15/7; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; GRIEG: Butterfly Op 43/1; Nocturne Op 54/4; RAVEL: Forlane; Pavane pour une infante défunte - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  PÄRT: Bogoróditse Djévo - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7242)

  BIBER: The Annunciation; The Visitation, from Mystery Sonatas - Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 431 656)

  BRYARS: Laude novella; Ave regina gloriosa; Ave donna santissima; Venite a laudare - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1869)

  FALCONARA: Pastorale; BRAHMS: Chorale Prelude, Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

  TRAD: Hail Mary full of grace; There is no rose - The Sixteen, choir & instrumental ensemble/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16027)

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

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  COOMAN: New World carols, an American Christmas triptych - Choir of Royal Holloway, London/Rupert Gough, Samuel Rathbone (org) (Naxos 8.559361)

  CPE BACH: Magnificat Wq215 - Elisabeth Scholl (sop), Ruth Sandhoff (contralto), Andreas Karasiak (ten), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Dresden Chamber Choir, La Stagione Frankfurt/Michael Schneider (Capriccio 67 003)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gidon Kremer (vln), CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 74881)

  HANDEL arr Hazell: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Inessa Galante (sop), London Musici/Mark Stephenson (CampionCD 1345)

  BORODIN: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Borodin Quartet (Decca 444 389)

  TRAD orch Grainger: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

  GRIEG: Notturno, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Emil Gilels (pno) (DG 449 721)

  HOLST: Ave Maria Op 9b - Holst Singers/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66705)

  CHOPIN arr Cullen: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  500 YEARS

  In our last Composer of the Week for 2010 Clarissa Dunn takes look at some Renaissance composers who were born or died c1510 (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  DE LA RUE: Pater de celis Deus - Gothic Voices/Christopher Page (Hyperion CDA 67010)

  ORTIZ: Recercada tercera sobre La Spagna; Recercada cuarta sobre La Spagna; Recercada sobre la canción Doulce Memoire - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (Oiseau-Lyre 444 537)

  CARREIRA: Stabat Mater - Cambridge Taverner Choir/Owen Rees (dir) (Herald HAVPCD 155)

• 10:00 AM. Music Mountain

  Performances recorded at the 2010 season of the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Falls Village, Connecticut

  Twenty-six programmes

  (6) Harlem String Quartet

  TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer; HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 76/5; MARSALIS: At the Octoroon Balls; STRAYHORN: Take the A Train (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Scottish CO/Louis Langrée (Virgin 5 02112)

  NOVAK: Slovak Suite Op 32 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek (Virgin VC 5 45251)

• Noon Pressing On

  With Robert Johnson (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  KREJCÍ: Serenade for Orchestra - Czech Phil/Karel Ancerl (rec 1957) (EMI 5 75091)

  JOLIVET: Pastorale de Noël - Jacques Castagner (fl), Gérard Faisandier (bsn), Lily Laskine (harp) (rec 1957) (Accord 476 7783)

  BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Max Gilbert (vla), Phyllis Spurr (pno) (rec 1949) (RegisC 1153)

  WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Cologne Radio SO/Hans Knappertsbusch (rec 1953) (Orfeo C 723 071 B)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Old Wine in New Bottles

  Six programmes in which Brian Kay savours old music which has been renewed or reinvented

  (6) Last of the Vintage

  Grieg takes Mozart's Beginners' Sonata to a new level, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble puffs up Beethoven's Seventh and Orff rides the wheel of fortune (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  VERDI: Otello, an opera in four acts

  Otello............................ Simon O'Neill

  Iago.............................. Gerald Finley

  Desdemona................... Anne Schwanewilms

  Cassio........................... Allan Clayton

  Roderigo....................... Ben Johnson

  Lodovico...................... Alexander Tsymbalyuk

  Montàno....................... Matthew Rose

  Araldo.......................... Lukas Jakobski

  Emila............................. Eufemia Tufano

  London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0700)

• 5:25 PM. More of the Moor

  DVORÁK: Othello, Overture Op 93 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 651)

  ERNST: Fantaisie brillante on the March & Romance, from Rossini's opera Otello Op 11 - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Ashley Wass (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67619)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 2, Rugby - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)

  PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C# minor Op 134 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello) (Chandos CHAN 10045)

  ELFMAN arr Catherall: Theme, from Batman; ROSSINI arr Grant: Galop, from William Tell - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

  HOWELLS: Here is the little door - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  PRUDEN: Haast Highway - Skellerup Woolston Band/Mervyn J Waters (Kiwi SLD 66)

  GÓRECKI: Three Pieces in Old Style - NZSO CO (RNZ)

• 7:00 PM. Blue Smoke

  The birth of New Zealand Pop

  Chris Bourke presents a four-part series

  (4) Radio and New Zealand pop (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The University of Auckland Concerto Competition 2010

  University of Auckland SO/Uwe Grodd

  A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Tianyi Lu (fl)

  GREGSON: Tuba Concerto - Jessica Rodda (tuba)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: First movement, Allegro non troppo, from Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Jason Bae (pno) (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:05 PM. Recent Schubert Releases

  String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death and the Maiden - Amadeus Quartet (Hänssler CD 93.706)

  Impromptus, in C minor D899/1; in Eb D899/2 - Andrea Lucchesini (pno) (Avie AV 2179)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRAGNANI: Quartet in A for violin, clarinet & two guitars - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1415)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 5 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  11:00 BOWEN: Flute Sonata Op 120 - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60205)

Next day - Mon 13

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