Sunday 26 March 2017 Rātapu 26 Poutū-te-rangi 2017

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BAX: Symphony No 7 in Ab; Glamour; Slumber Song; Eternity; A Lyke-Wake - Martyn Hill (ten), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8628)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintets, No 15 in A Op 60/3; No 23 in D Op 62/5; No 62 in G Op 31/2; No 16 in D minor Op 13/4 - Petersen Quartet, Ulrich Knorzer (vla), Guido Schiefen (cello) (Capriccio 10 452)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  BRUCKNER: Mass in E minor; STRAUSS: Hymne Op 34/2; Deutsche Motette Op 62 - Jessica Cash (sop), Jean Temperley (mezzo), Peter Hall, Wynford Evans (tenors), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Schutz Choir of London, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble/Roger Norrington (Decca 430 365)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  DANZI: Wind Quintets, in Bb Op 56/1; in G minor Op 56/2; in F Op 56/3; Quintet in D minor for piano & wind Op 41 - Love Derwinger (pno), Berlin Phil Wind Quintet (BIS CD 552)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  WIENIAWSKI: Légende; BRUCH: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Concerto No 1; TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Canzonetta-Andante, from Violin Concerto Op 35; MENDELSSOHN: Second movement, Andante, from Violin Concerto Op 64; BRAHMS Second movement, Andante, from Violin Concerto Op 77; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; MOZART: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Concerto No 3; FAURÉ: Berceuse - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 447 070)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  HOWELLS: Take him, earth, for cherishing - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 68020)

  BROSSARD: Dialogus poenitentis animae cum Deo - Véronique Gens (sop), Gérard Lesne (countertenor/dir), Il Seminario Musicale (Virgin 5 45271)

  ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

  MANCHICOURT: Peccantem me quotidie - Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice (Hyperion CDA 67604)

  HOVHANESS: Psalm & Fugue Op 40a - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (Dorian DOR 93166)

  SANCHO (attrib): Mass in G - Chanticleer/Joseph H Jennings (dir) (Warner Classics & Jazz R2 512746)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lord, thou hast been our refuge - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell, Paul Archibald (tpt), Robert Quinney (org) (Hyperion CDA 68020)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Richard Mapp (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

  PALESTRINA trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

  WOODFORDE-FINDEN: Kashmiri Love Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

  FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - Choir of King's Coll/Stephen Cleobury, José-Luis Garcia (vln), Peter Barley (org) (EMI 5 67523)

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 265)

  RACHMANINOV: Blessed is the man, from Vespers Op 37 - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 0039)

  SATIE arr anon: Gymnopédies - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9684)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D Op 10/3 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

  COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2 - Willard White (bass), Graeme McNaught (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8960)

  BRAHMS orch Brahms & Dvorák: Hungarian Dances, excerpts - London Phil/Marin Alsop (NAXOS 8.557429)

• 10:00 AM. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

  Hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Two Pieces for string octet Op 11 - Alexander Sitkovetsky, Soovin Kim, Areta Zhulla, Bella Hristova (vlns), Yura Lee, Paul Neubauer (vlas), Dmitri Atapine, Nicholas Canellakis (cellos)

  BEETHOVEN: Septet in Eb Op 20 - Romie de Guise-Langlois (cl), Peter Kolkay (bsn), Radovan Vlatkovic (hn), Elmar Oliveira (vln), Cynthia Phelps (vla), Nicholas Canellakis (cello), Kurt Muroki (dbass) (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 7453)

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

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  HENSELT: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Donizetti Op 1 (Concert variations) - Daniel Grimwood (pno) (Edition Peters EPS 005)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77 - Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), NDR Elbphilharmonie/Alan Gilbert (BIS BIS 2247)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Maurice Till

  CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28 - Maurice Till (pno) (rel c1968) (Kiwi SLD 20)

  SCHUBERT: Erlkönig D328; Der Musensohn D764 - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (rec 1962) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

  SCHUMANN: Aufschwung, from Fantasy Pieces Op 12; Nachtstück in F Op 23/4; trans Liszt: Widmung - Maurice Till (pno) (rel c1968) (Kiwi SLD 20)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Leontyne Price - Stradivarius of Singers

  The American soprano rose to superstardom at a time when African-American artists were only just beginning to achieve major recognition in the operatic world. A tribute marking Price's 90th birthday last month (b 10 February 1927) presented by Roger Pines, broadcast commentator for Lyric Opera of Chicago (WFMT)

• 3:00 PM. Afternoon Concert

  The Greatest Love

  Alexander Gavrylyuk (pno), Auckland Philharmonia Orch/Garry Walker

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture; CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21; PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, selections from the ballet (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  William Dart hosts a half-hour of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, following a personal trail to explore where his ears, gaze and nose guide him (RNZ)

• 5:30 PM. Early Evening Classics

  BARTÓK: Sonata for two pianos & percussion - Dimitri Vassilakis, Sébastien Vichard (pno duo), Gilles Duro, Samuel Favre (perc) (Alpha 217)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

  Twenty-four operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

  (12) BELLINI: I Puritani, an opera in three acts about lovers caught on opposing sides of the English Civil War - the Roundheads and the Cavaliers

  Elvira........................... Diana Damrau

  Lord Arturo Talbot...... Javier Camarena

  Riccardo...................... Alexey Markov

  Giorgio......................... Luca Pisaroni

  Bruno........................... Eduardo Valdes

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Maurizio Benini (EBU)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  FOOTE: Air & Gavotte - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (NAXOS 8.559365)

  HASTED: Celebration Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5082)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (3) - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  H WOOD: A Brown Bird Singing - Robert White (tenor), Stephen Hough (pno) (HYPERION CDA 66818)

  DAVERNE: Gem of the Kaipara - Kevin Friedrich (accordion), Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

  JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Panocha Quartet (SUPRAPHON SU 3906)

  GERSHWIN: Lullaby - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80503)

Next day - Mon 27

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