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Saturday 25 October 2025 Rāhoroi 25 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2025

  • 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

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

    Alfred Desenclos: Aria & Rondo - Niek de Groot (double-bass), Catherine Klipfel (piano) (Orlando Records OR0036)

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

    Sarasate, Pablo de: Concert Fantasy on Gounod's Faust - Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano) (DG 463 483)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - London Philharmonic/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8502)

    Wagner, Richard: Album Leaf for Frau Betty Schott - Terence Dennis (piano) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

    1:00 approx

    Puccini, Giacomo: Preludio Sinfonico in A - Hungarian Opera Orchestra/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Naxos 8.555304)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826 - Martha Argerich (piano) (Philips 456 700)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Capriccio Italien - Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 417 300)

    Erlerbach, Philipp Heinrich: Sonata No. 2 in E minor IV. Sarabande - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

    Sibelius, Jean: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

    2:00 approx

    Czerny, Carl: Fantasy No 1 on themes by Franz Schubert Op 339 - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Daniel Blumenthal (piano) (ETCETERA KTC 1121)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Sonata in Eb RV130, Al Santo Sepolcro - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1571)

    Chaminade, Cécile: 6 Romances sans paroles Op 76 - Mark Viner (piano) (Piano Classics PCL10164)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 19 in C K465, Dissonance (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

    Scheidt, Samuel: Galliard Battaglia - Hathor Consort (Ramée RAM1913)

    Moon, Chloe: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra (2) - Alexa Still (flute), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (KOCH 1988807)

    3:00 approx

    Field, John: Nocturne No 16 in C - Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) (Decca 478 9672)

    Schubert, Franz: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (guitar), Alexa Still (flute), Paul Neubauer (viola), Ronald Thomas (cello) (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 2010356)

    Liszt, Franz: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - Terence Dennis (piano) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

    Torelli, Giuseppe: Violin Concerto in C minor Op 8/8 - Simon Standage (vln/director), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0716)

    Brel, Jaques: Ne me quitte pas - Myriam Leblanc (soprano), Ensemble Mirabilia (Atma Classique 5646802)

    4:00 approx

    Brahms, Johannes: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (3) - Francesca Dego (violin) & BBC Symphony Orchestra/Dalia Stasevka (Chandos CHSA5333)

    Boccherini, Luigi: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango (4) - Rolf Lislevand (guitar), Luz Martin León Tello (castanets), David Mayoral (percussion), members of Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)

    Schumann, Robert: Papillons Op 2 - Diedre Irons (piano) (TRUST MMT 2041)

    Nielsen, Carl: Saga Dream - South Jutland Symphony Orchestra/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

    Satie, Eric: Gnossienne No 1 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D075)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in Eb RV251 - Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon (Sony SK 87733)

    5:00 approx

    Weissenberg, Alexis: Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67656)

    Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orchestra/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

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

    Tubin, Eduard: Valse Triste - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)

    Leslie, Kenneth Arr Stuart Calvert: Cape Breton Lullaby - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

    Traditional arr Hart: Women Of Ireland - Stella Dickinson (oboe), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

    Davis, Oliver: Infinite Ocean (6) - Benjamin Baker (violin), Royal Philharmonic/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)

    Holst, Gustav: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets Suite - London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 47)

  • 6:00 AM. Mornings

    with Carey McDonald

    Weber, Giovanni Francesco: Mandolin Sonata No 4 (1) - Artemandoline (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19658888322)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 27 in Bb K595 (3) - Mitsuko Uchida (piano), English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate (Philips 420 951)

    Gershwin, George arr Milone: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - 48 violas from ASMF, BBC SO, London Philharmonic, ENO Orchestra/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 0106)

    Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Choros No 1 - Iwan Tanzil (guitar) (Kretzberg Records kr10061)

    Anonymous arr Stian Aareskjold: Cachua Serranita - Norwegian Wind Ensemble/Mark Bennett (LAWO LWC1061)

    Coates, Eric: Overture, from The Merrymakers - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 246)

    Richardson, Alan: Roundelay - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Rosemary Barnes (piano) (Continuum CCD 1014)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (1) - Gabriele Cassone (natural trumpet), Duilio Galfetti (violin), Maurice Steger (recorder), Emiliano Rodolfi (oboe), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts 47715)

    Boccherini, Luigi: Symphony in C G505 (2) - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 172)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 (3) - Stephen Hough (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1552)

    7.00

    Bizet, Georges: Les Toreadors from Carmen Suite No. 1 - Vienna Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Sony Classics 196588189692)

    Verdi, Giuseppe: Ella mi fu rapita, from Rigoletto - Pene Pati (tenor), Bordeaux-Aquitaine National Orchestra, Chorus of the National Opera of Bordeaux (Warner Ckassucs 9029631497)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Waltz of the Flowers (Arr. Campbell for Violin & Orchestra), from The Nutcracker - Christian Li (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Jascha von der Goltz (Decca )

    Braddock, Nigel: Unfolding - Nigel Braddock (p) (Monkey Records )

    Traditional: Greensleeves - Joel Frederiksen (bass), ensemble (Harmonia mundi FF03)

    Byrd, William: Pavan and Galliard a6 - Phantasm (Linn CKD372)

    Fauré, Gabriel: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Albrecht Mayer (oboe d'amore), ASMF (Decca 478 2564)

    Weber, Carl Maria von: Country Dance - Takako Nishizaki (violin), Terence Dennis (piano) (Naxos 8.572381)

    Tiersen, Yann arr Sérgio Assad): Comptine d'un autre été, L'Après-midi, from Amelie - Plínio Fernandes (guitar) (Decca )

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Bassoon Concerto in G, RV 493, I Allegro non troppo - Sophie Dervaux (bassoon), La Folia Barockorchester (Berlin Classics )

    Bizet, Georges: Habanera, from Carmen Suite - London Philharmonic/David Parry (X5 105)

    Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F (2) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMM902304)

    Granados, Enrique: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 4 (3) - Alicia de Larrocha (piano) (Decca 414 557)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 88 in G (3) - Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

    8.00

    Rachmaninov, Sergei: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Olga Kern (piano) (Sony 88725 43575)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (3) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

    Anonymous: U' ciucciu - Valerio Contaldo (tenor), Cappella Mediterranea/Leonardo García Alarcón (Alpha )

    Falla, Manuel de arr Fujii: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Rovshan Mamedkuliev (guitar) (Naxos 8.573179)

    Sibelius, Jean: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite (4) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

    Pierné, Gabriel: Barcarolle, Op. 26 - Alexandre Tharaud & Philippe Jaroussky (piano duet) (Warner )

    Traditional: Kora Meets Pipa - Gao Hong (pipa), Kadialy Kouyate (kora) (ARC )

    Offenbach, Jacques: Overture, from Orpheus in the Underworld, Rhapsodic Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

    Ibert, Jacques: Entr'acte - Anthony Ferner (flute), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

    Traditional arr Campbell: My love is like a red, red rose - Nicola Benedetti (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Decca 478 6690)

    Myers, Tokio: Malaya's Song (Lullaby) - Tokio Myers (piano/synth) (DTF )

    9.00

    Suk, Josef: Summer Impressions Op 22b (1) At Noon - Margaret Fingerhut (piano) (Chandos CHAN 9026-7)

    Schumann, Robert: Andante & Variations in Bb Op 46 - François Salque (cello), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Bruno Schneider (horn), Frank Braley, Eric Lesage (piano duo) (Alpha 135)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Die Zauberflöte - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Ola Rudner (ABC Classics 472 826)

    Haydn, Michael: Trombone Concerto in D - Alain Trudel (tbn/director), Northern Sinfonia (Naxos 8.553831)

    Traditional arr O'Connor: Fisher's Hornpipe - Alison Krauss (violin), Mark O'Connor (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (Sony SK 66782)

    Wencheng, Lü: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake - Lang Lang (piano) ( )

  • 10:00 AM. Days

    with Maria Mo

    Albéniz, Isaac: El Puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

    Tubin, Eduard: Sinfonietta on Estonian motifs (3) Finale - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 401)

    Brahms, Johannes: String Sextet No 1 in Bb Op 18 (4) - Louise Williams (viola), Paul Watkins (cello), Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4016)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 72 in D - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 925)

    Prokofiev, Sergei: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 94a (4) - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Olga Sitkovetsky (piano) (Atoll ACD 513)

    Van Akelyen, Dietrich: The Tale of Timmy in the Tumble Dryer - Firgun Ensemble (VRT Muziek #5)

    11.00

    Weber, Carl Maria von: Overture, from Peter Schmoll - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

    Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 - Menahem Pressler (piano), Emerson Quartet (DG 439 868)

    Schumann, Robert: Four Duets Op 34 (1) - Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) (Capriccio 67 209)

    Schumann, Robert: Four Duets Op 34 (4) - Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) (Capriccio 67 209)

    12.00

    Handel, George Frideric: Concerto for French horns in F HWV331 - Alec Frank-Gemmell (hn), Joseph Walters (hn), Ensemble Marsyas/Peter Whelan (Linn CKD 567)

    Bizet, Georges: Prelude from L'Arlesienne Suite No 1 - Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)

    Bizet, Georges: Carmen Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

    Bizet, Georges: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Orchestra/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)

    Debussy, Claude: Feux d'artifice, from Preludes, Book 2 - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

    Mozetich, Marjan: Unfolding Sky, from Postcards from the Sky - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records CMCCD 21815)

    Hayes, Martin: Peggy's Dream - Martin Hayes (fiddle), and The Common Ground (Faction 2023)

    1.00

    Strauss, Richard: Dance of the seven veils, from Salome - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei ( )

    Smyth, Ethel: Trio in D minor - NZTrio (RNZ )

    Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso No 6 in D (1, 2) - NZ Barok/Miranda Hutton (violin, director)/Miranda Hutton (violin, director) (RNZ St Luke's Remuera, Auckland)

    Desprez, Josquin: DESPREZ: Nymphes des boys;DESPREZ: Mille Regretz;BRUMEL: Tous les regretz - The Gesualdo Six (RNZ )

    Mendelssohn, Felix: Concerto in D minor (3) - Kyle Lawson (cornet), Wellington Brass/David Bremner (RNZ )

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2018)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Sitkovetsky/Breuer: Goldberg Variations BWV988, excerpts - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin, director), Stephen De Pledge (fortepiano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (RNZ )

    Kirchner, Theodor: Zwiegesang, from Bunte Blätter Op 83 - NZTrio (RNZ )

    Jensen, Owen: At Fountain Court - Oliver Sewell (tenor), David Barnard (piano) ( RNZ)

  • 3:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoons

    Debussy, Claude: L'isle joyeuse - Simon Trpceski (piano) (EMI 500272)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (2) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

    Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Adam Harasiewicz (piano) (NEWTON 880 2015)

    Rutter, John: Gloria - Gary Kettel (timpani), Eric Allen (percussion), John Scott (organ), Cambridge Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)

    Traditional; Howley, Tara: The Auld Triangle - Tara Howley (Uilleann pipes, violin, whistle) (THowley productions )

    Bruni, Antonio: Duo Concertante in D Book 4/4 - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (viola) (Naxos 8.572522)

    Luzzaschi, Luzzasco: T'amo mia vita - La Néréide, Camille Allérat, Julie Roset, Ana Vieira Leite (Ricecar RIC455)

    Brahms, Johannes orch Brahms & Dvorák: Hungarian Dances, excerpts - London Philharmonic/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557429)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Trio in C HobXV/27 (1) - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)

    Albéniz, Isaac: Asturias - Taraf de Haïdouks (Crammed Discs Craw 40)

    Grandjany, Marcel: Two Preludes - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

    Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 452 448)

    Franck, César: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (3) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux (RCA GD 86805)

  • 5:00 PM. Inside Out

    with Nick Tipping

    6:00 Inside Out continued

  • 7:00 PM. Opera

    NZSO: The Damnation of Faust

    BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust

    Alisa Kolosova (Marguerite), Andrew Staples (Faust), Eric Owens (Méphistophélès), James Clayton (Brander), Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus, Wellington, New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart

    Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

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

  • 10:00 PM. Evenings

    with David Morriss

    d'Ambruis, Honoré: Le doux silence de nos bois - Lea Desandre (soprano), Thomas Dunford (theorbo) (Erato 5419775146)

    Torke, Michael: Sky, concerto for violin - Wistful - Tessa Lark (violin), Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

    Merk, Joseph: Fantasy on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (piano) (Naxos 8.572759)

    Glick, Srul Irving: Old Toronto Klezmer Suite - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28721)

    Liszt, Franz: Etude No. 12 Chasse-neige - Luu Hong Quang (piano) (RATTLE RATD152)

    Jenkins, Karl: Allegretto, from Palladio - Strings of the London Philharmonic/Karl Jenkins (Sony S2K 89662)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (1) - András Schiff (piano) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))

    Hofmann, Leopold: Symphony in D (Badley D4) - Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 5 in C minor BWV1011 - Truls Mörk (cello) (Virgin 5 45650)

    Britten, Benjamin: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey, from Rejoice in the Lamb Op 30 - Thomas Williams (countertenor), Simon Wall (tenor), Malcolm Green (bass), Iain Farrington (organ), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Benedict Giles (treb)/Christopher Robinson (NAXOS 8.554791)

    Uccellini, Marco: Sonata seconda 'La luciminia contenta a violino solo', op 4 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

    Richter, Max: Late and Soon (edit) - Max Richter (synthesizer programming), Eloisa-Fleur Thom (violin), Max Baillie (violin), Connie Pharoah (viola), Max Ruisi (cello), Zara Hudson-Kozdoj (cello) (Decca 6538186)

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