Sunday 15 November 2015 Rātapu 15 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Cakewalk Ballet; PISTON: The Incredible Flutist - Louisville Orch/Akira Endo, Jorge Mester (Albany TROY 016)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Rasumovsky Quartets Op 59/2 & 3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  RODRIGO: Christmas carols and songs; Hymns of the Neophytes of Qumran; Music for the Salamancan Codex; Canticle of St Francis of Assisi - Raquel Lojendio, María Jesús Prieto, Victoria Marchante, Ada Allende (sops), David Rubiera (bar), Orch and Chorus of the Comunidad de Madrid/José Ramón Encinar (Naxos 8.557223)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  DEBUSSY: La boite à joujoux; Etudes Vol 1 & 2 - Jörg Demus (pno) (Amadeo 423 277)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; HOLST: St Paul's Suite Op 29/2; WARLOCK: Capriol Suite; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 - Margaret Campbell, Collin Lilley (fls), Audrey Douglas (harp), English String Orch/William Broughton (Nimbus NI 5213)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  PARSONS: O bone Jesu - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16056)

  PÄRT: Variations for the healing of Arinuschka - Elena Riu (pno) (Linn CKD 111)

  RHEINBERGER: Four Six-part Motets - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

  DUBRA: Missa de Spiritu Sancto - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough, Alexander Norman (org) (Hyperion CDA 67799)

  CACCINI: Ave Maria - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (ABC 472 610)

  BACH: Cantata No 26, written for the 24th Sunday after Trinity, O how fleeting, O how trivial is the life of man! - Katharine Fuge (sop), William Towers (countertenor), Paul Agnew (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 115)

  RUTTER: To everything there is a season - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67259)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 66650)

  MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Wind players of ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 726)

  LISZT: Consolation No 3 in Db - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2008)

  DELIUS: Summer Night on the River, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6502)

  HANDEL: As steals the morn, from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato - Lucy Crowe (sop), Mark Padmore (ten), English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)

  COPLAND: Vocalise for flute & piano - Paul Lustig Dunkel (fl), Michael Boriskin (pno) (Arabesque Z 6794)

  ELGAR: There is sweet music - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  FOOTE: Air, from Air & Gavotte - Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay (dir) (Capriccio 10 505)

• 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

  (3) Paganini (RNZ)

  PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 7 - Shmuel Ashkenasi (vln), Vienna SO/Heribert Esser (DG 429 524)

• 10:00 AM. Brilliant Brass

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

  (3) The Childs family. Four euphonium players, from three generations, working in two countries, making one very large contribution to brass banding (RNZ)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - LSO String Ensemble/Roman Simovic (LSO Live LSO 0752)

  RIES: Piano Concerto in C minor Op 115 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  FUCÍK: Entrance of the Gladiators; Florentine March Op 214 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5158)

  JANÁCEK: The Eternal Gospel - Alzbeta Polácková (sop), Pavel Cernoch (ten), Prague Phil Choir, Prague Radio SO/Tomás Netopil (Supraphon SU 41502)

  RACHMANINOV: Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Artur Pizzaro (pno) (Odradek ODRCD 316)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Vintage Spain

  FALLA: El amor brujo - Teresa Berganza (mezzo), French National Radio Orch/Ataúlfo Argenta (rec 1957) (Medici Arts MM 025)

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Myra Hess (pno) (rec 1957) (Philips 456 832)

  SARASATE: Habanera Op 21/2; Zapateado Op 23/2 - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Marcel Gazelle (pno) (rec 1935-36) (EMI 5 65963)

  SVETLANOV: Rhapsody No 1, Pictures of Spain - USSR State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (rec 1974) (Warner Classics & Jazz 2564 68886)

• 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

  (3) Mermaids, the Messiah and a sacrificial maiden: archetypes in dreams and music (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2015

  Nine programmes

  (3) Highlights from this year's National Finale featuring Craighead Chorale (Craighead Diocesan School), All the King's Men (King's College), Sings Hilda (St Hilda's Collegiate School), Blue Notes (Tawa College), Cantala (Wellington East Girls' College), St Cecilia Singers (Diocesan School for Girls) (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 4:10 PM. Steam Journeys

  GOODWIN: The Earnslaw Steam Theme, from New Zealand Suite - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Naxos 8.557417)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Little Train of Caipira, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 2 - António Meneses (cello), Celina Szrvinsk (pno) (Avie AV 2162)

  MILHAUD: Le train bleu - German Radio Phil/Robert Reimer (Hänssler CD 93.296)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (10) 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

  CHAUSSON: Le Roi Arthus, an opera in three acts

  Arthus............................... Thomas Hampson

  Genièvre........................... Sophie Koch

  Lancelot............................ Roberto Alagna

  Lyonnel............................ Stanislas de Barbeyrac

  Merlin............................... Peter Sidhorn

  Mordred........................... Alexandre Duhamel

  Allan................................. François Lis

  A Worker.......................... Cyrille Dubois

  A Knight.......................... Tiago Matos

  An Equerry....................... Ugo Rabec

  Paris National Opera Chorus & Orch/Philippe Jordan (recorded in the Opéra Bastille, Paris by French Radio, Paris)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Ellen Sherman (cor anglais), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  MEWS: Gigue de Pan - Michael Stewart (organ of Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Private)

  MOUQUET: Flute Sonata Op 15, La flûte de Pan - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  OFFENBACH: Intermezzo & Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffmann - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  HUMMEL: Oberon's Magic Horn Op 116 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DVORÁK: Terzetto in C Op 74 - members of Smetana Quartet (BBC Legends BBCL 4180)

  BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Loveliest of trees; When I was one-and-twenty; Look not into my eyes; Think no more, lad; The lads in their hundreds; Is my team ploughing? - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Sony 88697 94424)

  STANFORD: Clarinet Concerto Op 80 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), BBC SO (Chandos CHAN 10739)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (BIS SACD)

  GOODALL: The Seasons, Summer - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

  RESPIGHI: Five Pieces, Romanza; Aubade; Madrigale; Berceuse; Humoresque - Marco Rogliano (vln), Maurizio Paciariello (pno) (Tactus TC 871890)

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