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Sunday 23 November 2025 Rātapu 23 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2025

  • 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

    Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in Bb - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

    Schumann, Robert: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Hélène Grimaud (piano) (DG 479 0090)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Symphony No 5 in D (1) - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

    Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 116, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

    Glass, Philip: Symphony No 3 (3) - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies (nonesuch 7559 79581)

    Piazzolla, Astor arr Lenehan: Oblivion - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (piano) (EMI 3 59488)

    1:00 approx

    Raum, Elizabeth: Pershing Concerto - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg (MSR Classics LOG 14342)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Trio in E HobXV/28 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 420 790)

    Wilson, Ken: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra - Patrick Barry (clarinet), strings of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (Atoll ACD 222)

    Lilburn, Douglas: Three Sea Changes (3) - Margaret Nielsen (piano) (MANU CD MANU 1511)

    Pierné, Gabriel: Variations libres et finale Op 51 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

    2:00 approx

    Rachmaninov, Sergei: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Guy Touvron (trumpet), Nelly Cottin (piano) (LIGIA LIDI 010 5220-10)

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

    Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 2 in C D279 - András Schiff (piano) (DECCA 440 310)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 15 in D minor K421 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian after Vivaldi trans Noack: Concerto in A minor for four keyboards BWV1065 (3) - Florian Noack (piano) (La Prima Volta [LDV121])

    Respighi, Ottorino: The Birds - London Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 007)

    3:00 approx

    Turina, Joaquín: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10761)

    Ries, Ferdinand: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

    Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 (4) - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8874)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 51 in Eb HobXVI/38 (1) - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

    O'Connor, Mark arr Meyer: Appalachia Waltz - Mark O'Connor (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (Sony SK 68460)

    4:00 approx

    Mahler, Gustav: Songs of a Wayfarer - Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 425 790)

    Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Keyboard Concerto in D minor Wq23 (1) - Sophie Gent (violin), Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)

    Finzi, Gerald: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Peter Pettinger (piano) (Continuum CCD 1038)

    Sibelius, Jean: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

    Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes Op 32 - Bart van Oort (piano) (Brilliant Classics 94048)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quintet No 5 in D K593 (4) - Brentano String Quartet, Hsin-Yun Huang (viola) (Aeon AECD 0747)

    5:00 approx

    Mozetich, Marjan: Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9748)

    Brahms, Johannes: Ballade in B Op 10/4 - Lars Vogt (piano) (EMI 5 57125)

    Rota, Nino: Bassoon Concerto - Christopher Millard (bsn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5185)

    Liszt, Franz: Transcendental Study No 5, Feux follets - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Steinway STNS30217)

    Visée, Robert de arr Bruno Helstroffer: La Conversation - Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo), Laurène Helstroffer Durantel (double bass) (Ad vitam AV240415D)

    Young, Kenneth: Te Ngaru - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (Atoll ACD700)

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

    Sanz, Gaspar: Canarios - Philip Griffin (baroque guitar) (Atoll ACD 717)

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Peter Katin (piano), Philip Fowke (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson (EMI CD CFP 4086)

  • 6:00 AM. Mornings

    with Carey McDonald

    Klengel, Julius: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic (Allegria 221085 205)

    Dienes, Katherine: Ave verum corpus - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

    Kreek, Cyrillus: Sacred folk songs - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Ondine ODE 1201)

    Willan, Healey: Missa Brevis No 11 B226, Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.557734)

    Foote, Arthur: Air & Gavotte - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

    Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da ed Washington: Exultate Deo - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 163, Nur jedem das Seine - Aki Yanagisawa (soprano), Akira Tachikawa (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Stephan Schrekenberger (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 801)

    Lauridsen, Morten: Ya Eres Mia - Morten Lauridsen (piano), Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt (DG 483 5058)

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

    Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat in Bb Op 164 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

  • 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

    with Robyn Jaquiery

  • 8:00 AM. Mornings

    with Carey McDonald

    Poulenc, Francis arr L Berkeley: Flute Sonata (3) - Emily Beynon (flute), BBC Welsh National Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

    Handel, George Frideric: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

    Macmillan, James: Os mutorum - Canty, William Taylor (harp) (Linn CKD378)

    Abel, Carl Friedrich Thomas Fritzsch and Günter von Zadow: Concerto for Viola da Gamba in G - Florence Bolton (gamba, dir), Benjamin Perrot (lute, dir), La Rêveuse (Harmonia Mundi HMM905380)

    Debussy, Claude: Estampes - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) (Chandos CHAN 10443)

    9.00

    Bax, Arnold: The Happy Forest - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557599)

    Dowland, John arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: O Sweet Woods A Galliard - Michael Slattery (tenor), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)

    Marais, Marin: Le Badinage - Jordi Savall (bass viol), Rolf Lislevand (theorbo) (Auvidis Travelling K 4640)

    Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Omnes gentes - Monique Zanetti (soprano), Gérard Lesne (countertenor), François Fauché (bass), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1274)

    Grieg, Edvard: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45: III Allegro - Renaud Capuçon (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) (Erato 8256462501)

    Waldteufel, Émile: Kamiesch, March Op 5 - Slovak State Philharmonic/Alfred Walter (MARCO POLO 8.223688)

    Balfe, Michael William: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls - Joan Sutherland (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 850)

  • 10:00 AM. Days

    with Maria Mo

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

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

    Danzi, Franz: Fantasy on Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 481 4711)

    Schumann, Robert: String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)

    Strauss, Richard: Moonlight music, from Capriccio - Vienna Philharmonic/Christoph Eschenbach (Decca 466 314)

    Gold, Murray: Clara?, from Doctor Who: Series 7 - The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Crouch End Festival Chorus (silvascreen 721425)

    Séverac, Déodat de: Valse romantique - Lily Laskine (harp) (Erato 4509 92131)

    11.00

    Offenbach, Jacques: Overture, from Orpheus in the Underworld - Swiss Romande Orchestra/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

    Medtner, Nikolai: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 50 - Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), North Carolina Symphony/Grant Llewellyn (BIS SACD 1728)

    Reinhardt, Django: Tears - Django Reinhardt (gt), Stéphane Grappelli (violin) (ASV CDAJS2016)

    Reinhardt, Django Grappelli, Stéphane: Swing Guitars - Django Reinhardt (guitar), Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Quintette du Hot Club de France (ASV CDAJS 2016)

    12.00

    Handel, George Frideric: Water Music Suite No 1 in F (4) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

    Brahem, Anouar: Astrakan Café - Anouar Brahem (oud) (ECM 159494)

    Grainer, Ron Arr Delia Derbyshire: Doctor Who, main theme - BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Mute 698826)

    Derbyshire, Delia: Inferno: Blue Veils & Golden Sands, from Doctor Who - Delia Derbyshire (bbc 312063)

    Berlioz, Hector: March to the Scaffold, from Symphonie fantastique - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

    Gold, Murray: The Wedding Of River Song, from Doctor Who Series 6 - BBC National Orchestra Of Wales (silvascreen 721375)

    Ravel, Maurice: Jeux d'eau - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)

    Hovhaness, Alan: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (DORIAN DOR 93166)

    Gershwin, George arr Heifetz: My man's gone now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), André Previn (piano) (DG 471 500)

    Brahms, Johannes orch Gál: Hungarian Dance No 9 in E minor - London Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)

    1.00

    Scarlatti, Domenico: Sinfonia No 3 in G - NZ Barok/Miranda Hutton (violin, director) (RNZ 2025)

    Debussy, Claude: L'isle joyeuse - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

    Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), Julia Joyce (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello), Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ)

    Schramm, Paul: Three Jazz Songs - Robert Tucker (baritone), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude, Gavotte en Rondeau, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Ensemble Gö - Monique Lapins (violin), Naoto Segawa (marimba) (RNZ)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Auckland Philharmonia - Auckland Philharmonia/Leo Hussain (RNZ Auckland Town Hall)

    Elgar, Edward: Romance Op 62 - Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon), Wilma Smith, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)

    Wagner, Richard: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, from Lohengrin - Wellington Brass/David Bremner (RNZ)

    Sirett, Mark: Ce beau printemps - Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (RNZ)

  • 3:00 PM. The Musical Omnivore

    with David Morriss

    Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Surge, propera amica mea, et veni – Westminster Cathedral Choir/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67891)

    Purcell, Henry: My Beloved Spake – Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, English Concert/Simon Preston (Archiv 4594872)

    Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: Spring, from The Four Seasons - Françoise Semmelaz, Noémi Rime (sop), Le Parlement de Musique/Martin Gester (Opus 111 OPS 30 9005 )

    Verdi, Giuseppe: Ballet of the Four Seasons, from The Sicilian Vespers - La Scala Orch, Milan/Riccardo Muti (EMI CDS 7 54043)

    Moulinié, Étienne: Flores apparuerunt – Ensemble Correspondances/Sébastein Daucé (Harmonia Mundi HMC 902194)

    Victoria, Tomás Luis de: Credo, from Missa Surge propera – Westminster Cathedral Choir/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67891)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich orch Václav Trojan: The Seasons – Czech Film Orch/Václav Neumann (rec 1953) (Supraphon SU 4133)

    Sullivan, Arthur: The flowers that bloom in the spring, from The Mikado – Richard Lewis (ten), Geraint Evans (bar), Elsie Morison (sop), Marjorie Thomas (mezzo), Ian Wallace (bass), Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent (EMI 5 74468)  

  • 5:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoon

    Jacquet de la Guerre, Elisabeth: Prelude in G minor - Silas Wollston (harpsichord), The Bach Players (Coviello COV91815)

    Grainger, Percy: Rustic Dance, from Youthful Suite - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records 2-5088)

    O'Connor, Mark arr Meyer: Fair Dancer Reel - Mark O'Connor (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (Sony SK 68460)

    Flecha, Mateo: Dindirindín. Ensalada La Bomba - Euskal Barrokensemble, Donostiako Orfeoi Gaztea eta Txikia (Alia Vox AV9933)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio No 1 in G K496 (2) - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) (DG 4837506)

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Havanaise - James Ehnes (violin), Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

    Swallow, Steve arr Distler: Hullo, Bolinas - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 455 512)

    Shostakovich, Dmitri: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, from The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Martin Roscoe (piano), BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10361)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, from Cantata No 110 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1951)

    Grainer, Ron: Doctor Who, main theme - Murray Gold, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Ben Foster (Silvascreen 721224)

  • 6:00 PM. Worlds of Music

    with Trevor Reekie

    Traditional: Dona nobis pacem - Elisabeth von Trapp (soprano) (Von Trapp Music 2003)

    Bartók, Béla arr Smith/McLachlan: Bagpipe Music, from Mikrokosmos - Tommy Smith (saxophone), Murray McLachlan (piano) (LINN AKD 103)

  • 7:00 PM. Lilburn Lecture

    with Don McGlashan

  • 8:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

    Psathas, John: Maenads, from View from Olympus - Michael Houstoun (piano), Pedro Carneiro (percussion), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: In the Fen Country - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

    Ritchie, John: Three Whimsies (3) - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)

    Statham, Keith: Suite for flute & string quartet (1) - Ariana Lis (flute), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

    Ries, Ferdinand: Introduction & Variations Brillantes Op 170 - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.570440)

  • 9:00 PM. Sound Lounge

    Koehne, Graeme: Shaker Dances - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics 476 6502)

    Cresswell, Lyell: Dancing on a Volcano - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

    Penderecki, Krzysztof: Sextet - Morton Trio & Friends: Arna Morton (violin), Alex Morton (horn), David McGregor (clarinet), Sharon Baylis (viola), Jeremy Garside (cello), Liam Wooding (piano) (Sextet 2024-04-23)

    Tarrodi, Andrea: Lucioles - Auckland Philharmonia/Eivind Aadland (RNZ)

    Clarke, Anita: Missile Shutdown Phenomena - Anita Clarke (violin, electronics), Thomas Arbor (electronics) (Works for Loudspeakers Winter 2019)

    Rimmer, John: Transcend: Concerto for Orchestra - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2015)

  • 11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

    with Ryan Smith

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