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Wednesday 31 December 2025 Rāapa 31 Hakihea 2025
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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Ravel, Maurice: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 76, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (4) - Los Angeles Philharmonic/André Previn (TELARC CD 80238)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata & Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ) (PRIORY PRCD 800)
Françaix, Jean: Le Gay Paris - Prague Wind Quintet (PRAGA PRD 250 126)
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: German Dance - Takako Nishizaki (violin), Terence Dennis (piano) (Naxos 8.572381)
1:00 approx
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (1) - Alfred Brendel (piano) (Decca 478 2116)
Foote, Arthur: Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)
Bowen, York: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 (1) - Helen Callus (viola), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)
Farr, Gareth: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (1) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)
Dussek, Jan Ladislav: Sinfonia in A - Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.572683)
2:00 approx
Alkan, Charles Valentin: Nocturne in B Op 22 - Bart van Oort (piano) (Brilliant Classics 94048)
Ritchie, Anthony: Pas de deux Op 51a - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Winter - Alan Loveday (violin), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Albulescu: Alberti's Fantasy - Eugene Albulescu (piano) (DOWNSTAGE DSR 1009)
Fauré, Gabriel: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (1) - Wilma Smith (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA63)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Mass in B minor, Sanctus - Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orchestra/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72188)
3:00 approx
Ireland, John orch Parlett: Cavatina - Justine Watts (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martin Yates (DUTTON CDLX 7215)
Benda, Franz: Violin Concerto in E - Lara Hall (violin), NZ Barok/Peter Walls (Atoll ACD 419)
Rognoni, Francesco; Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Vestiva i colli - Affetto (Atoll ACD 717)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 (1) - John Chen (piano), Sydney Symphony/János Fürst (ABC Classics 476 2720)
Honegger, Arthur: Pastorale d'été - London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 0058)
Strauss, Richard: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Soile Isokoski (soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Marek Janowski (ONDINE ODE 982)
4:00 approx
Allegri, Gregorio ed Rutter: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (3) - András Schiff (piano, director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (ECM 4855770)
Fuchs, Robert: Serenade No 1 in D Op 9 - Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)
Tombs, Beatrice: Te Ngaru's Flute Song - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50 (1) - Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67554)
Bruckner, Anton: Ave Maria - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 674)
Couperin, François arr Allen: Les baricades mistérieuses - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)
McBeth, Gordon: All on a Summer's Day - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)
5:00 approx
Wagner, Richard: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4860525)
Elgar, Edward: In the South, Alassio Op 50 - BBC Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Boult (Somm ARIADNE5037-2)
Merlin, José Luis: Suite del recuerdo (2) - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Dvořák, Antonín: Silent Woods - Heinrich Schiff (cello), André Previn (piano) (Philips 434 914)
Arnalds, Ólafur arr Lawson: For Now I Am Winter - Voces8, Eleanor Turner (harp), Benjamin Roskams (viola), Stephanie Oade (cello) (Decca 4830968)
Traditional Irish: Londonderry Air - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), English Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)
Sibelius, Jean: King Christian II, Suite (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
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6:00 AM. Summer Mornings
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast (3) - Simon Standage (violin), Micaela Comberti (violin), Anthony Pleeth (cello), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 291)
Debussy, Claude arr Sachs: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Boston Symphony Chamber Players (DG 476 7703)
O'Connor, Mark arr Meyer: Appalachia Waltz - Mark O'Connor (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (Sony SK 68460)
Traditional arr Hart: Folk Song From Suffolk - Stella Dickinson (oboe), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)
Rutter, John: Cantate Domino - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66947)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Havanaise - Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)
Poulenc, Francis: Souvenirs - Edgar Moreau (cello), David Kadouch (piano) (Erato 9029 57406)
Jennings, Janet: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne (1) - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)
Maroufi, Javad: Pish Daramad-e-Esfehan - Amir Farid (piano) (Move Records MD 3380)
7.00
Ravel, Maurice: Rigaudon, from Le Tombeau de Couperin - London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)
Shostakovich, Dmitri arr M Gluzman: Jazz Suite No 1 (3) - Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe (piano) (BIS CD 1592)
Edwards, Ross: Guitar Concerto (2) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Six Studies in English Folk Song - Paul Watkins (cello), Ian Brown (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67313)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in A Op 1/2 (3) - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 22 in F Op 54 - Nikolai Lugansky (piano) (warner 2564 62300)
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony in A (5) - Failoni Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)
Wolstenholme, William arr Lionel Tertis: The Question Op 13/1 - Timothy Ridout (viola), James Baillieu (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMM90537677)
Parry, Hubert: Jerusalem - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
8.00
Elgar, Edward: Pomp & Circumstance March No 3 - London Philharmonic/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64015)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Yang: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2) - Xuefei Yang (guitar), Elias String Quartet (EMI 6 79018)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (viola) (Naxos 8.573455)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Danse villageoise, from Dix pièces pittoresques - Emmanuel Strosser (piano) (MIRARE MIR 116)
Kernis, Aaron Jay: Air - Joshua Bell (violin), Minnesota Orchestra/David Zinman (Argo 460 226)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (3) - Ayako Uehara (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI 3 59606)
Hanson, Howard: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)
9.00
Weber, Carl Maria von: Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75 (1) - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10748)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Octet in Eb Op 20 (1) - Amati String Orchestra (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Chopin, Frédéric: Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Eldar Nebolsin (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572336)
Séverac, Déodat de: Tantum ergo - London Choral Sinfonia /Michael Waldron (Orchid ORC100317)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Flute Concerto in G minor RV439, La Notte (1) - Sophia Prodanova (flute), Apollo's Cabinet (Prima Classic PRIMA036EN)
Soler, Antonio: Keyboard Sonata in A minor - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
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10:00 AM. Summer Days
Strauss II, Johann: Overture, from Die Fledermaus - Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 616)
Purcell, Henry arr Balsom: Excerpts, from The Fairy Queen - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Alfred Brendel (piano), Vienna Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras (Decca 478 2116)
11.00
Brahms, Johannes: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 414 128)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Concierto de Aranjuez - John Williams (guitar), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Philharmonia/Louis Frémaux (CBS M2K 44791)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
12.00
Dvořák, Antonín: Carnival Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Asher Fisch (RNZ NZSO 2023-03-31)
Martinů, Bohuslav: Promenades - Lenka Kozderková-Simková (flute), Adéla Stajnochrová (violin), Monika Knoblochová (harpsichord) (Supraphon SU 3805)
Adams, John: Short Ride in a Fast Machine - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS MEDIA SFS 0053)
Debussy, Claude: Soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA23)
Price, Florence: Symphony No 3 in C minor (2) - Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nezet-Seguin (DG 4862029)
Meyer, Edgar; Thile, Chris: Look Away - Joshua Bell (violin), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Chris Thile (mandolin) (SONY 88697 55436)
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Epilog (13) from Das Jahr - Lauma Skride (pno) (Sony 88697030162)
Loesser, Frank: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Carol Sloane ()
1.00
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 5 in A - Camerata/Anne Loeser (RNZ Camerata 2019)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Matthias Balzat (cello), Laurence Matheson (piano) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Panufnik, Andrzej: Piano Trio Op 1 - NZTrio (RNZ)
Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János Suite - Jenő Lisztes (cimbalom), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Gilbert Varga (RNZ)
Liszt, Franz: Après une lecture de Dante, from Years of Pilgrimage Book II, Italy - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (RNZ)
Scott, Clement arr Madeleine Pierard: Pō Atarau: Now is the Hour - Phillip Rhodes (baritone), Whānau London Voices (Whānau London Voices Royal Albert Hall, London)
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3:00 PM. Summer Three to Seven
Albéniz, Isaac: El Puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (4) - Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Philippe Herreweghe (Pentatone PTC 5186 446)
Goodman, Benny: Rachel's Dream Clarinet à la King Tiger Rag - Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet), Bamberg Symphony big band/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI CDC 5 56652)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Gil Shaham (violin), André Previn (piano) (DG 439 886)
Debussy, Claude: Jeux - Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)
Vecchi, Orfeo: Coelorum candor splenduit - Carlo Montalenti (organ), Cappella Musicale Eusebiana/Don Denis Silano (Dynamnic CDS8001)
Traditional: The Maids of Mourne Shore - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
4.00
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 (1) - Richard Goode (piano), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (NONESUCH 79608)
Herrmann, Bernard: Clarinet Quintet, Souvenirs de Voyage (3) - Julian Bliss (clarinet), Tippett Quartet (SIGNUM SIGCD 234)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Flute Concerto in G Op 29 - Barthold Kuijken (flute), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)
Reed, Alfred: Ballade - Mark Hobson (saxophone), Royal New Zealand Navy Band/Owen Clarke (Royal NZ Navy NAVY 001)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 98 in Bb (3) - Orchestra of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)
Chopin, Frédéric: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Ivan Moravec (piano) (Philips 456 910)
5.00
Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 (2) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (viola) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)
Stradella, Alessandro: Trumpet Sonata in D - Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66255)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (2) - Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristine Blaumane (cello), Jacob Katsnelson (piano) (ONYX 4033)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Moments Musicaux Op 16 (6) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (Decca 475 6198)
Koželuch, Leopold: Clarinet Concerto in Eb - Emma Johnson (clarinet), Royal Philharmonic/Günther Herbig (ASV CD DCA 763)
Piccinini, Alessandro: Folias - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
Dvořák, Antonín: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)
6.00
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Harp Concerto in A - Marisa Robles (harp), ASMF/Iona Brown (Decca 425 723)
Traditional arr Limonov: Auld Lang Syne Variations - Nicola Benedetti (violin) (Decca 478 6690)
Lunn, John: Downton Abbey, Suite - London Chamber Orchestra/Alastair King (Decca 278114)
Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Serenada - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)
Glazunov, Alexander: Spring and Summer, from The Seasons - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)
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7:00 PM. Summer Evenings
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Festive Overture Op 96 - BBC Philharmonic/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7025)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor (3) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Vienna Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta (Decca 411 903)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Suite for viola & orchestra (1-3) - Helen Callus (viola), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Flute Sonata in D Op 94 (4) - Sharon Bezaly (flute), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (BIS BIS2259)
Corelli, Arcangelo arr Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - English Concert/Laurence Cummings (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7523)
Biddington, Eric: Festival Dance - Mark Hobson (clarinet), Sarah Masters (clarinet), Gretchen Dunsmore (clarinet), Gloria Streat (bass cl) (MANU CD MANU 1558)
Hasted, Derek: Celebration Suite (4) - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Traditional Leopold Kozeluch: Auld Lang Syne - Scottish Early Music Consort/Warwick Edwards (CHANDOS CHAN 0581)
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8:00 PM. Music Alive
with Clarissa Dunn
Auckland Philharmonia & Troy Kingi
Troy Kingi (vocals, guitar), Mara TeKahika (vocals, guitar), Esther Stephens (vocals), Marika Hodgson (electric bass), Treye Liu (drums), Leonardo Coghini (keyboards), Auckland Philharmonia/David Kay
STRAUSS: Sunrise, from Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30
KINGI: Aquarii B
KINGI: Luna Steppa
KINGI: Time Lapsium Gangtasium
KINGI: Golden Taurus
KINGI: Flat Earth Syndrome
KINGI: Gold Shoes
FISHER: Galaxy
KINGI: 9 Million Light Years
KINGI:
(RNZ Town Hall, Auckland)
Falla, Manuel de: Four Spanish Pieces - Lorelle McNaughton (piano) (RNZ 2020)
Hamilton, David: Concertino for oboe and strings - Bede Hanley (oboe), Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (RNZ 2019)
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10:00 PM. Summer Evenings
Handel, George Frideric: Music for the Royal Fireworks - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 447 279)
Stravinsky, Igor transcr compsr/Dushkin: Suite italienne - Augustin Hadelich (violin), Robert Kulek (piano) (Avie AV 2216)
Strauss II, Johann arr Schönherr: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Johann Strauss Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)
Strauss, Richard: Terzett Und Finale (Act III), from Der Rosenkavalier - Kathleen Battle (sop), Renée Fleming (sop), Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Andreas Schmidt (ten), Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (SONY SK52565)
Debussy, Claude: Nocturnes - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)
Finzi, Gerald: Nocturne - New Year Music - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (emi cdc749912)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Elgar, Edward: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - English Symphony Orchestra/William Boughton (NIMBUS NI 7067/8)
Kaihan, Maewa; Scott, Clement arr Farquhar: Now is the Hour - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ UB46)
Traditional: Auld Lang Syne - BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers/James Loughran Charles Groves (BBC BBCCD580)
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