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Thursday 17 July 2025 Rāpare 17 Hōngoingoi 2025

  • 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

    Delius, Frederick: Florida Suite - IV. At Night - Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8413)

    Cowan, Claire: Subtle Dances - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D064 2016)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS SACD1611)

    Ravel, Maurice: La vallée des cloches, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA34)

    D'Indy, Vincent: Fantasy on French Popular Themes - Philippe Cousu (ob), Württemberg Phil/Jean-Marc Burfin (MARCO POLO 8.223659)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI 500281)

    Horo, Horomona: Te Aho Tatangi (Tears of Light) - Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro) (Atoll ACD700)

    1:00 approx

    Grieg, Edvard: Gade Op 57/2; To Spring Op 43/6 - Katya Apekisheva (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2061)

    Debussy, Claude: Jeux - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

    Wagner, Richard: Arrival at the Black Swans - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

    Handel, George Frideric arr E Grigoryan: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Leonard Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)

    Satie, Eric: Sports et divertissements - Aldo Ciccolini (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49714)

    2:00 approx

    Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Sonata Paschalis - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

    Piazzolla, Astor: Milonga del ángel; Muerte del ángel; Resurrección del ángel; Tango del ángel - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)

    Elgar, Edward: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

    Paine, Bruce: Sea Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)

    Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

    Schubert, Franz arr Strauss: Waltz in Gb, Kupelwieser Waltz - Aurélien Pontier (piano) (Warner Classics 5419763349)

    3:00 approx

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

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA44)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Flute Concerto in G RV435 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

    Hopkins, Sarah: Past Life Melodies - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

    Allegri, Gregorio arr Barley: Miserere mei, Deus - Matthew Barley (cello) (Black Box BBM 1068)

    4:00 approx

    Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Piano Trio No 4 in G Op 65 - Daniel Sepec (vln), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Andreas Staier (fpno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1955)

    Hamilton, David: Imagined Dances II - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)

    Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 (2) - Raphael Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66804)

    Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Eb Op 117/1 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

    Hovhaness, Alan: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (DELOS DE 3157)

    Ewald, Victor: Brass Quintet No 2 in Eb Op 6 (3) - Gomalan Brass Quintet (CPO 555680-2)

    5:00 approx

    Françaix, Jean: Aubade for twelve cellos - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

    Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor Op 89 (2) - Domus, Anthony Marwood (vln) (Hyperion CDA 66766)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 73 in D, The Hunt - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

    Bjørklund, Terje: Arctic Lines (6) Sami Song - Ola Asdahl Rokkones (alto saxophone), Arktisk Filharmoni/Per Kristian Skalstad (LAWO LWC1263)

    Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in G Op 32/5 - John Ogdon (pno) (Philips 456 916)

    Statham, Keith: Happy Ending - Ben Hoadley (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

    Traditional arr Baker: Tarantella - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)

    Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon (6) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

    Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - André Rieu (vln/dir), & his Orch (UNIVERSAL 589 306)

  • 6:00 AM. Mornings

    with Andrew Clark

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Badinerie, from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57111)

    Poulenc, Francis: Three Novelettes - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 417 438)

    Viana Da Mota, José: Three impromptus on Portuguese popular motifs - Royal Liverpool Phil/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.573495)

    Albéniz, Isaac arr Xuefei Yang: España Op 165 (5) - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)

    Shostakovich, Dmitri arr Barley: Suite from Cheryomushki (1) I Walk About Moscow - Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2032)

    Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Clarinet Concerto No 6 in Bb (3) - Paul Meyer (clarinet), Kurpfälz CO/Paul Meyer (CPO 555415-2)

    Handel, George Frederic: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Samuel Mariño (male soprano), Covent Garden Sinfonia /Ben Palmer (Decca )

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 (3) - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Combs (cl), Dale Clevenger (horn), Daniele Damiano (bsn) (ERATO 4509 96359)

    Albinoni, Tomaso: Oboe Concerto in C Op 9/5 - Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)

    7.00

    Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (1) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

    Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in F# Op 15/2 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 447 096)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 94 in G, "Surprise", III Minuet, Trio - Il Giardino Armonico, Kammerorchester Basel (Alpha )

    Brahms, Johannes arr Geringas: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

    Ruth Roshan: Little French Waltz - Chamber Noir (NOUGAT none)

    Zimmer, Hans: Jack Sparrow (From "Pirates of the Caribbean") - Kian Soltani (cello) (DG )

    Neruda, Johann Baptist Georg: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (3) - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

    Tansman, Alexandre: Le Tour du Monde en Miniature : X. Le Gamelan de Bali (Wayang-théâtre d'ombres) - Duo Saraswati (Challenge Classics )

    Finzi, Gerald: Wonder, from Dies Natalis - James Gilchrist (tenor), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Hill (Naxos 8570417)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 426 064)

    Strauss I, Johann: Galopp, from Der Carneval in Paris, Op 100 - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Sony 88697914112)

    8.00

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 26 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

    Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55 (IV) Solveig's Song - Felix Klieser (hn), Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken /Jamie Phillips (Berlin Classics 0303248BC)

    Almir Mešković & Daniel Lazar: Valse Norvegienne - Almir Mešković (accordion), Daniel Lazar (violin), ensemble (Private )

    Álvarez, García: El trust de los tenorios: "Te quiero, morena" (Un Tenorio, Coro) - Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Orquesta Juvenil Sinfonía por el Perú, Coro Juvenil Sinfonía por el Perú/Guillermo Garcia Calvo (Sony )

    Norton, Christopher: Sonatina (1) - Carol Hohauser (fl), Karen Spiegel-Neumann (pno) (RNZ UA06)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Arab Dance, from The Nutcracker Suite - Montreal SO (Decca 417 300)

    Handel, George Frederic arr Burchell: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - David Burchell (organ) (RNZ )

    Arnalds, Olafur: Tomorrow's Song - Gerard Cousins (gtr) (Prima classic PRIMA052)

    Wagner, Richard: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

    Bacalov, Luis arr Redford/Bell: Il Postino - Joshua Bell (vln), instrumental ensemble (SONY 88697 55436)

    Liszt, Franz: Rigoletto Paraphrase - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 436 736)

    9.00

    Glennie, Evelyn: A Little Prayer - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA 60242-2-RC)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (1) - Maurizio Pollini (pno/dir), Vienna Phil (DG 477 7167)

    Yan-Jun Hua: Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

    Ørjan Matre: Stjernebru: Syng i stille morgonstunder / Lux Aeterna - Det Norske Jentekor (2L 2L-178)

    Mendelssohn, Felix: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Virgin 3 91372)

    Mayer, Emilie: Piano Trio in Eb (2) Andante un poco adagio - Klaviertrio Hannover (Genuuin GEN22790)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV 1007, I Prélude - Henrik Dam Thomsen (cello) (OUR Recordings )

  • 10:00 AM. Days

    with Nick Tipping

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 70065)

    Grainger, Percy: Rustic Dance, from Youthful Suite - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records 1164426)

    Ravel, Maurice: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 425 002)

    Purcell, Henry arr Balsom: The Fairy Queen, excerpts - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Charles Neidich (basset cl), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 53366)

    11.00

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Simon Preston (org), Berlin Phil (DG 419 617)

    Merk, Joseph: Fantasy on Donizetti's Torquato Tasso Op 26/3 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

    Andrès, Bernard: Prelude No 6, from Preludes Vol 2 - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

    12.00

    Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (4) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

    Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

    Schumann, Robert: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 (1) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

    Hess, Nigel: The Duty, from Piano Concerto (3) - Lang Lang (piano), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (DG 4779014)

    Jeffes, Simon: Prelude and Yodel - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin 811487)

    Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (1) - San Francisco SO/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 433 811)

    Chaminade, Cecile: Six Romances sans paroles Op 76 (6) Meditation - Mark Viner (pno) (Piano Classics PCL10164)

    Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang D957 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)

    Kanengiser, William/York, Andrew: Mbira, from African Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

    1.00

    Albinoni, Tomaso arr Mills: Adagio in G minor - Auckland Philharmonia Brass Ensemble, Huw Dann (dir) (RNZ )

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Grande Sestetto Concertante in E-flat K364 - Donald Armstrong (violin), Enshean Lin (violin), Alexander McFarlane (viola), Peter Gjelsten (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello), Jack Moyer (cello), Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) (RNZ CMNZ 2021)

    Ritchie, Anthony: Albatross in flight - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2018)

    Mahler, Gustav: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde, from Das Lied von der Erde - Oliver Sewell (ten), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ OW 2023-07-22)

    Verdi, Giuseppe: Surta è la notte, from Ernani - Eliza Boom (soprano), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

    Beethoven, Ludwig van arr Weingartner: Grosse Fuge in Bb Op 133 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ )

    Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue - Simon Tedeschi (piano), New Zealand SO/André de Ridder ( )

    Elliott, Rosa: Forest Song - Choirs Aotearoa (combined)/David Squire (RNZ 2022)

    Hooper, Nicholas arr Brubaker: Concert Suite from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - New Zealand SO/Christopher Dragon (RNZ 2018)

  • 3:00 PM. Three to Seven

    with Bryan Crump

    Prokofiev, Sergei arr Rozhdestvensky: Pushkiniana (7) - Russian State SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.55571)

    Harvey, Richard: Forlana, from Concerto Antico - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)

    Albéniz, Isaac: Lavapiés, from Iberia Book 3 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

    Sibelius, Jean: Cantique, from Two Serious Melodies Op 77 - Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Finnish Radio SO/Nicholas Collon (Ondine ODE1468-2)

    Berlioz, Hector: La Belle Voyageuse Op 2/4 - Susan Mentzer (mezzo), Montreal SO (Decca 458 915)

    Beck, Franz Ignaz: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

    Frahm, Nils: Ambre - Nils Frahm (piano, reed organ, celeste) (Erased Tapes eratp18)

    Strauss, Richard: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon - Joy Farrall (cl), Julie Andrews (bsn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

    4.00

    Grainger, Percy: Handel in the Strand - Penelope Thwaites (pno) (UNICORN-KANCHANA DKP CD 9127)

    Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO LIVE RCO 05002)

    Schubert, Franz: Ave Maria D839 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

    Valente, Antonio: Gallarda Napolitana - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9820)

    Granados, Enrique arr Miolin: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Final Waltz & Apotheosis, from The Nutcracker - women of Ambrosian Singers, London SO/André Previn (EMI 9 67694)

    Bernstein, Leonard: Mambo, from West Side Story - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

    5.00

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

    Garoto, Anibal Augusto Sardinha: Desvairada - Mike Marshall (mandolin), Chris Thile (mandolin) (Sugarhill 913967)

    Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Quintet in Bb for piano & winds (1) - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3409)

    Debussy, Claude orch Finno: Symphony in B minor (3) - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

    Arnalds, Olafur: Happiness does not wait - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)

    Infante, Manuel: Three Andalusian Dances Op 8 (1) - Hecht & Shapiro (piano duo) (Azica ACD 1201)

    Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony in A (5) - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 (1) - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY SK 60804)

    Wagner, Richard: In fernem land, from Lohengrin - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

    Bowen, York: Valse harmonique - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

    6.00

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 10 in G Op 14/2 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Bridge 9207)

    Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in C minor - II. Allegretto amorevole - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (CHANDOS CHAN 10283)

  • 6:30 PM. Music Alive

    NZSO (Live): Firebird

    RITCHIE, John: Papanui Road

    FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G

    STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite

    Javier Perianes (piano), New Zealand SO/Emilia Hoving

    Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 17/07/25 (RNZ)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 17 in Bb K458, Hunt - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ )

    Liszt, Franz: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ 45032)

    Handel, George Frideric: Sonata in D major HWV371 - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (organ) (RNZ )

    Tailleferre, Germaine: Piano Concerto - Somi Kim (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 45479)

    Andrès, Bernard: Preludes Vol 1, extracts - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

    Andrès, Bernard: Preludes Vol 2, extracts - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

  • 10:00 PM. Evenings

    with David Morriss

    Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Prologue, Scene 1, from Isis - La Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne (Accord 476 048)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 102 in Bb (3) - Orpheus CO (DG 429 218)

    Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in F Kk82 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

    Brahms, Johannes: String Sextet No 2 in G Op 36 (1) - Isaac Stern (vln), Cho-Liang Lin (vln), Jaime Laredo (vla), Michael Tree (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sharon Robinson (cello) (SONY S2K 45820)

    Humperdinck, Engelbert: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 62617)

    Handel, George Frideric: My Heart is Inditing - Choir of King's College Cambridge, English CO/David Willcocks (Decca 421 150)

    Goodwin, Ron: Theme from The Trap - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 (1) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vienna Phil (DG 415 975)

    Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 28 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 478 2938)

    Oosten, Roel van: Harp Concerto (3) - Godelieve Schrama (harp), Netherlands Radio CO/Micha Hamel (NM CLASSICS 92077)

    Khachaturian, Aram: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

    Lauridsen, Morten: Soneto de la noche, from Nocturnes - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

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