Saturday 27 September 2025 Rāhoroi 27 Mahuru 2025

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurka in C minor Op 55/3 - Maurizio Pollini (piano) (DG 4836475)

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

  Lasser, Philip: Piano Concerto, The Circle and the Child (1) Poco Allegro - Simone Dinnerstein (pno), MDR Leipzig Radio SO/Kristjan Järvi (Sony 88875 03245)

  Debussy, Claude arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

  Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in G G223, La Tiranna (1) - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1334)

  Finlay, Harold John: I've been to the Dentist, from Eight Songs of Childhood for Adults - Robert Tucker (baritone), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 44320)

  Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in A minor Op 76/7 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

  1:00 approx

  Duarte, John W.: Variations on a Catalan folksong - András Csáki (gtr) (Naxos 8.57263)

  Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 95 in C minor - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  Strauss, Richard: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 (1) - Augustin Dumay (vln), Louis Lortie (pno) (Onyx 4096)

  Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 399 8782)

  Hamilton, David: Oriori - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (Atoll ACD700)

  2:00 approx

  Hill, Alfred: I. In the streets, from String Quartet No 3 in A minor, Carnival - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

  Lefébure-Wély, Louis James Alfred: Nocturne in Db Op 54, Les cloches du monastère - Bart van Oort (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94048)

  Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in G Op 76/1 - Doric String Quartet (WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE 0032)

  Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in C Kk132 - Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ UB39)

  Delius, Frederick: Poem of Life & Love - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7264)

  Saint-Saëns, Camille: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 (2) - Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Ian Brown (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

  3:00 approx

  Handel, George Frideric: Keyboard Suite No 7 in Bb HWV440 - Sophie Yates (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0688)

  Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572305)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 (1) - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 064)

  Shostakovich, Dmitri arr Barley: Duet Of Lidochka And Boris, from Cheryomushki - Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2032)

  Harle, John: Rant! - Jess Gillam (sax), BBC Concert Orch/Jessica Cottis (Decca 4834862)

  4:00 approx

  Allegri, Gregorio ed Rutter: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (1) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 32646)

  Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 3 in D Op 44/1 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570003)

  Holst, Gustav: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

  Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: The Winter's Tale Op 80 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572501)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 (3) - Murray Perahia (pno), Radu Lupu (pno) (CBS MK 39511)

  5:00 approx

  Glanville-Hicks, Peggy: Etruscan Concerto - Caroline Almonte (piano), Tasmanian SO (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Trio Sonata in B minor Wq143 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Sebastian Klinger (cello), Peter Kofler (hpschd) (DG 479 2479)

  Schnittke, Alfred arr Spivakov/Milman: Suite in the Old Style - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)

  Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Sea Hawk, film - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)

  Debussy, Claude: Mouvement, from Images, Book 1 - Cécile Ousset (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49497)

  Still, William Grant ed Alexa Still: Here's One - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (KOCH 1932925)

  Picker, Tobias: Old & Lost Rivers - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

  Liszt, Franz: Valse oubliée No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA32)

  Gluck, Christoph Willibald von: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)

• 6:00 AM. Mornings

  with Carey McDonald

  Mendelssohn, Felix: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 468 600)

  Delius, Frederick arr Fenby: Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (3) - Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell (Sony 88765 44881)

  Wonder, Stevie: Overjoyed - Calefax Reed Quintet (Pentatone PTC5187046)

  Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on Greensleeves - William Bennett (fl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 848)

  Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in F Op 4/12 (1) - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)

  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (4) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

  Stamitz, Johann: Clarinet Concerto in Bb (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 481 4711)

  Price, Florence Beatrice: Symphony No 4 in D minor (2) - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559827)

  7.00

  Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in D minor Op 76/2, Fifths (2) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

  Coates, Eric: God is our strength and refuge - Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge, Lorenzo Bennett (organ)/Daniel Trocmé-Latter (Convivium )

  Mendelssohn, Felix: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Amati String Orch (Brilliant Classics 94205)

  Hart, George: Old Faithful - George Hart (piano) (Karma Sounds )

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Voi che sapete, from The Marriage of Figaro - Elly Ameling (sop), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 278)

  Philipp Scharwenka: Suite for Violin & Piano in G minor Op 99 (3) - Amalia Hall (vln), Christopher Park (pno) (Atoll ACD232)

  Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor - New Zealand SO/Gemma New (RNZ 2020)

  Madetoja, Leevi: Shakkipeli (Chess), Op 5: No 1, Juhlamarssi (Festive March) - Mika Rannali (piano) (Alba )

  Coward, Noel: Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Noel Coward (voice), studio orchestra (ABC 836169 )

  Offenbach, Jaques: Can-Can, from Orpheus in the Underworld - Slovak State PO/Johannes Wildner (Naxos 8.55171)

  Greg Anderson, Elizabeth Joy Roe: Grand Scherzo on Cosi fan tutte - III. Dammi un bacio: Allegro - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS 30022)

  Raff, Joachim: Symphony No 10 in F minor Op 213, Zur Herbstzeit (2) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 536)

  8.00

  Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (3) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (Pentatone PTC 5186 446)

  Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms: Psalm 2, vv. 1-4 & Psalm 23 vv. 1-6. Andante con moto, Ma tranquillo - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown (countertenor), Corydon Singers & Matthew Best/Matthew Best (Brilliant Classics )

  Ravel, Maurice: Rigaudon, from Le Tombeau de Couperin - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Allemande, from Partita No 1 in Bb BWV825 - Igor Levit (pno) (Sony 88843 03682)

  Brahms, Johannes: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (2) - Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (vln), Silke Avenha (pno) (BIS SACD 1859)

  Saint-Saëns, Camille: Prélude et Cortège, from Déjanire, Act IV - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo (Palazetto )

  Joan Manuel Serrat arr Quito Gatto: Mediterráneo - Mariana Flores (soprano), Leandro Marziotte (countertenor) Francisco Fernández-Rueda (tenor), Hugo Oliveira (Baritone), Cappella Mediterranea/Leonardo García Alarcón (Alpha Classics ALPHA412)

  Fauré, Gabriel: Dolly Suite, Op 56: No 1 Berceuse - Alexandre Tharaud & Nicholas Angelich (piano duet) (Warner )

  Siegel, Ralph Maria arr Rachveli: Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin - Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Nikoloz Rachveli (piano/director), Till Brönner (trumpet) (DG 4838586)

  Mayer, Emilie: Symphony No. 5 in F minor IV. Finale Allegro vivace - Berlin Chamber SO/Jurgen Bruns (Dreyer Gaido CD21015)

  9.00

  Wagner, Richard: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst (DG 4778773)

  Brumel, Antoine: Kyrie, from Missa Et ecce terrae motus - Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (Organism ORG007)

  Rachmaninov, Sergei: Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

  Traditional arr Lislevand: Passacaglia andaluz - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)

  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, Winter Daydreams (1) - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (SUPRAPHON SU 3895)

• 10:00 AM. Days

  with Maria Mo

  Ravel, Maurice: Rigaudon, from Le Tombeau de Couperin - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in Bb K254 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Augustin Dumay (vln), Jian Wang (cello) (DG 449 208)

  Borodin, Alexander: In the Steppes of Central Asia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 286)

  Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902371)

  Traditional: Bulgarjaska, Nos 1 & 2 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

  Warbeck, Stephen: Shakespeare in Love, theme from the motion - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80551)

  11.00

  Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in Eb RV253, Storm at sea - Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir), Freiburg Baroque Orch (DHM 05472 77384)

  Khachaturian, Aram: Gayaneh, excerpts - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

  Canteloube, Joseph: Suite, Dans la montagne - Philippe Graffin (vln), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67427)

  Hasted, Derek: Celebration Suite (2) - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

  North, Alex: Concerto for piano & orchestra (3) - Sara Davis Buechner (pno), John Taber (tpt), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (KOCH 1944978)

  12.00

  Schubert, Franz: Impromptus D935 (4) - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Bridge 9197)

  Hill, Alfred: The Sacred Mountain - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

  Kalhor, Kayhan: Mountains are Far Away - Silk Road Ensemble (Sony 693962)

  Hovhaness, Alan: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (2) - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

  Traditional arr Leon: Wild Mountain Thyme - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468499)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Gwilt: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)

  Debussy, Claude: Danse - Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4028)

  1.00

  Byrd, William Arr Howarth: The Earl of Oxford's March - Auckland Philharmonia Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Huw Dann (dir) (RNZ )

  Brahms, Johannes: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ 45452)

  Ligeti, György: Concert Românesc - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

  Mahler, Gustav: Der Einsame im Herbst, from Das Lied von der Erde - Hadleigh Adams (bar), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ OW 2023-07-22)

  Ritchie, Anthony: A Bugle Will Do - New Zealand SO/Gemma New (RNZ )

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Flute Quartet in D K285 - Bridget Douglas (fl), Donald Armstrong, Lyndsay Mountfort (vla), Ken Ichinose (cello) (RNZ St. Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington)

  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey ( )

  Strauss, Richard: Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Madison Horman (soprano), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Adam Johnson (RNZ 45843)

• 3:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoons

  Handel, George Frideric: Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 447 279)

  Mendelssohn, Felix: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 468 600)

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (RCA Red Seal 82876 69216)

  Danzi, Franz: Concertino in Bb Op 47 for Clarinet & Bassoon - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 481 4711)

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

  Cowan, Claire: Dances of the Dew Fairies (extracts) from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)

  Jenkins, Karl: Hymn Before Action, from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

  Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 119 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)

  Costa, Yamandu: Samba pro Rafa - Yamandu Costa (gtr) (Acoustic Music 319.1396.2)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno), Gordon Hunt (ob), Gordon Richards (cl), Ingrid Hagan (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn) (Atoll ACD 883)

  Strauss II, Johann arr Schönherr: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

  Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) (Hyperion CDA68204)

• 5:00 PM. Inside Out

  with Nick Tipping

  6:00 Inside Out continued

• 7:00 PM. Opera

  WFMT Opera Series 2025: Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

  PUCCINI: Turandot

  Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calaf), Gemma Summerfield (Liù), Adam Palka (Timur), Hansung Yoo (Ping), Aled Hall (Pang), Michael Gibson (Pong)/Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra/Rafael Payare

  Royal Opera House, London 08/08/25 (WFMT)

  Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 57013)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), Robert Orr (ob), Bethany Angus (hpchd), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)

• 10:00 PM. Evenings

  with David Morriss

  Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in G minor Kk426 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

  Debussy, Claude: Sirènes, from Nocturnes - Women of the Cleveland Orch Chorus, Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

  Merlin, José Luis: Carnavalito, from Suite del recuerdo - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

  Cannabich, Christian: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

  Fauré, Gabriel: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 109 - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) (BIS BIS2220)

  Hess, Nigel: Ladies in Lavender - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess (Chandos CHAN 10767)

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 8 in Eb Wo038 - Trio Wanderer (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2100)

  Schubert, Franz: An Sylvia D891 - Benjamin Appl (baritone), Munich Radio Orchestra/Oscar Jockel (BR Klassik 900346)

  Liszt, Franz: Piano Sonata in B minor - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 447 430)

  Mendelssohn, Felix: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Intermezzo - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570794)

  Orlowsky, David: Petrichor - David Orlowsky, Daniel Stelter & Tommy Baldu (Warner )

  Williams, John: Yoda's Theme, from The Empire Strikes Back - Utah SO/John Williams (Varese Sarabande 472012)

Next day - Sun 28

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