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Thursday 15 January 2026 Rāpare 15 Kohi-tātea 2026

  • 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

    Bruch, Max: Kol Nidrei - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Philharmonic/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale Prelude, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr - Gillian Weir (organ) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Flute Concerto in D RV428, Il gardellino - Jed Wentz (fl/director), Musica ad Rhenum (Challenge CC 72044)

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

    Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Keyboard Sonata in G Wq62/19 - Mikhail Pletnev (piano) (DG 459 614)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ UA39)

    1:00 approx

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 (1) - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (piano) (TELARC CD 80740)

    Hovhaness, Alan: Symphony No 66, Hymn to Glacier Peak - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

    Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 76, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

    Bizet, Georges: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra/Pierre Dervaux (EMI 5 66077)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo in A minor K511 - Martino Tirimo (piano) (REGISC 1256)

    2:00 approx

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 (2) - Uwe Grodd (flute), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) (Naxos 8.572667)

    Benda, Franz: Violin Concerto in E - Lara Hall (violin), NZ Barok/Peter Walls (Atoll ACD 419)

    Napravnik, Eduard: Notturno, La réminiscence de Chopin Op 48/1 - Jonathan Plowright (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67803)

    Lilburn, Douglas: Diversions for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orchestra/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

    Liszt, Franz: Petrarch Sonnet No 123 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)

    Price, Florence: Saint's Delight (When I Can Read My Title Clear), revival song - Anonymous 4, Darol Anger (mandolin, vln), Mike Marshall (gtr, mandocello, mandolin) (Harmonia Mundi 467400)

    3:00 approx

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY S2K 63203)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

    Babadjanian, Arno: Piano Trio in F# minor (2) - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (ATOLL ACD209)

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

    Massenet, Jules: Two Impressions - Aldo Ciccolini (piano) (EMI 5 85517)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 99, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (1) - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 104)

    4:00 approx

    Debussy, Claude: Six Epigraphes antiques - Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (piano duet) (Philips 454 471)

    Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (4) - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (BR Media 900 116)

    Rota, Nino: Trombone Concerto in C - David Bremner (trombone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)

    Haydon, Claude Meurisse: The Portrait - Boyd Owen (tenor), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)

    Barber, Samuel: Adagio for Strings - Keller Quartet (ECM 2197)

    Walker, William: Merrick (Saviour, Visit Thy Plantation), revival song - Anonymous 4, Darol Anger (mandolin, vln), Mike Marshall (gtr, mandocello, mandolin) (Harmonia Mundi 467400)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo alla Turca, from Piano Sonata in A, K331 - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA68421-2)

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

    5:00 approx

    Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de: Symphony No 1 in G Op 11 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)

    Ravel, Maurice: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 38 in F HobXVI/23 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) (Chandos CHAN 10736)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 (3) - Takako Nishizaki (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestraestra National Youth Orchestra/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.572381)

    Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu - David Fray (piano) (Erato 0190 295896478)

    Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell: Heyr himna smiður - Voces8 (Decca 4851626)

    Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (piano) (DG 449 817)

    Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in F minor Op 118/4 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

  • 6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

    Krommer, Franz: Wind Partita in Bb Op 45/1 (4) - Josef Triebensee Ensemble/Jeroen Weierink (ETCETERA KTC 1141)

    Tartini, Giuseppe arr Yemtsov: Andante, from Violin Concerto in A D96 - Robin Wilson (violin), Kemp English (piano) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

    Roussel, Albert: Segovia, Op 29 - Marko Topchii (guitar) (Naxos)

    Falgren, Bjarke; Meinen, Sönke: Bench on the Hill - Bjarke Falgren (violin), Sönke Meinen (guitar), ensemble (Neue Meister)

    Raum, Elizabeth: Pershing Concerto (3) - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg/Richard Raum (MSR Classics LOG 14342)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Tema con variazioni, Variation XI. Moderato - Geneva Piano Trio (Paraty)

    Traditional Arr. R. Vaughan Williams: A Farmer's Boy (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams) - The Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (Albion)

    He Luting: The Cowherd's Flute - Lang Lang (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon DG 477 6229)

    Nazareth, Ernesto: Fon-fon! - Australia Ensemble (Tall Poppies TP266)

    Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso in D Op 4/3 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/director), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)

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

    7.00

    Strauss II, Johann: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) (Private 837 001)

    Ponchielli, Amilcare: Dance of the Hours - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

    Chance, Alice: Nose Scrunch Reel - Australian String Quartet (Single)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 (3) - Murray Perahia (piano/director), English Chamber Orchestra (Philips 456 922)

    Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms, excerpt - Timothy Brown (countertenor), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Corydon Singers/Matthew Best (Brilliant Classics 9458)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 52, Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion CDA68111)

    Debussy, Claude: Prélude, from Pour le Piano - Pascal Rogé (piano) (ONYX 4028)

    Purcell, Henry: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z328: With Rapture of Delight - James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort (Hyperion)

    Gershwin, George / Donaldson, Will arr Ryden: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)

    Graun, Carl Heinrich: Adriano in Siria, Ouverture - Ensemble 1700/Dorothee Oberlinger (Deutsche HM 50185444)

    8.00

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

    Puccini, Giacomo: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Inessa Galante (soprano), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1335)

    Huber, Paul: Concerto for Dulcimer and Strings, 2nd mvt - Swiss Orchestra & Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer (dulcimer) (Prospero)

    Bhatia, Vanraj: Varsha (Monsoon), from Six Seasons - Somerville College Choir, Oxford/Will Dawes (Resonus RES10365)

    Adam, Adolphe: Valse, from Giselle Act I - Philharmonia Orchestra/Robert Irving (Warner 2067772)

    Dvořák, Antonín: Legends Op 59 (3) - Czech Philharmonic/Tomáš Netopil (Pentatone)

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

    Verdi, Giuseppe: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Pene Pati (tenor), Bordeaux-Aquitaine National Orchestra (Warner Ckassucs 9029631497)

    Williams, John: Luke and Leia, from Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

    Traditional: Erzrumi Shoror - A.G.A. Trio (Naxos NXW76153-2)

    Handel, George Frideric: Alla Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No 2 in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Brilliant Classics 99986)

    9.00

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in Eb BWV998 - Lutz Kirchhof (theorbo) (SONY S2K 45858)

    Dowland, John arr Grainger: Now, o now, I needs must part - Piers Lane (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67279)

    Gjeilo, Ola: The Rose - Ola Gjeilo (piano), Choir Of Royal Holloway, 12 Ensemble (Decca 4816326)

    Gao Hong; Monteverde, Ignacio Lusardi: Triana - Gao Hong (pipa) & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde (guitar) (ARC)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Lark Ascending - Nigel Kennedy (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (EMI 5564132)

    Farrenc, Louise: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 (3) - North German Radio Philharmonic/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

  • 10:00 AM. Summer Days

    Schumann, Robert: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

    Britten, Benjamin: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (TELARC CD 80660)

    Schumann, Clara: Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 - Dartington Piano Trio (Hyperion CDA 66331)

    11.00

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Lars Vogt (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (OEHMS OC 727)

    Hovhaness, Alan: Symphony No 50, Mount St Helens - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

    Glass, Philip: Mishima - Closing, from String Quartet No 3 - Carducci String Quartet (Naxos 8.5593610)

    12.00

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 (4) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 169 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Faber: Lensky's Aria, from Eugene Onegin - Dudok Quartet Amsterdam (Rubicon Classics RCD1103)

    Glazunov, Alexander: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (1) - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

    Trifonov, Daniil: Rachmaniana - Daniil Trifonov (piano) (DG 479 4970)

    Velázquez, Consuelo: Bésame mucho - Raquel Andueza (soprano), L'Arpeggiata (Erato 0709502)

    Pachelbel, Johann: Canon in D - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)

    1.00

    Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54 - Henry Meng (piano) (RNZ)

    Ritchie, Anthony: Horn Trio: Re-birth for horn, violin and piano Op 218 - Donald Armstrong (violin), Alex Hambleton (hrn), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ WCMT 2023-07-16)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Diedre Irons (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

    Brahms, Johannes: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Yeyeong Jin (violin), Auckland Philharmonia/Andrew Litton (RNZ)

    McLeod, Jenny: Music for Four - Goodfellas (RNZ 2021)

    Haydon, Claude: Rainbow To Sleep - Sarah Court (mezzo), Oliver Sewell (tenor), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)

  • 3:00 PM. Summer Three to Seven

    Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (3) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (1) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)

    Reinecke, Carl: Trio Op 274 (3) - Hexagon Ensemble (ETCETERA KTC 1295)

    Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Scheherazade IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman - Richard Roberts (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 410 253)

    Kodály, Zoltán: Dances of Galánta - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (LINN CKD 234)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Non più cosa son, from The Marriage of Figaro - Magdalena Kožná (mezzo), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Archiv 4776272)

    Liszt, Franz: Pastorale - David James (piano) (RNZ UB48)

    4.00

    Raff, Joachim: Symphony No 10 in F minor Op 213, Zur Herbstzeit (3) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 536)

    Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (1) - Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67805)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 11 in Bb HobXVI/2 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

    Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D (2) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

    Burgess, Anthony: Guitar Quartet No 1 'Quatuor en hommage à Maurice Ravel' (1) - Mēla Guitar Quartet (Naxos 8574423)

    Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 (3) - Krystian Zimerman (piano/director), Polish Festival Orchestra (DG 684)

    5.00

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Septet in Eb Op 65 (4) - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorus, from Cantata BWV111 'Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit' - Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering (DHM 19658823032)

    Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F (1) - Paul Meyer (clarinet), Kurpfälz Chamber Orchestra/Paul Meyer (CPO 555415-2)

    Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" arr Netsvetaev: Come Sunday, from Sacred Concerto No 1 - Salaputia Brass/Jeroen Berwaerts (Audite 97 725)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (3) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA67369)

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

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Symphony No 5 in D (3) - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

    6.00

    Strauss, Richard: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb - David Pyatt (horn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

    Mayer, Emilie: Piano Trio in Eb (4) - Klaviertrio Hannover (Genuuin GEN22790)

    Debussy, Claude: Ibéria, from Images for Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

    Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (3) - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Vladimír Válek (Supraphon SU 3802)

    Warlock, Peter: Six English Tunes - London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

  • 7:00 PM. Summer Evenings

    Vivaldi, Antonio arr Malipiero: Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 (1) - Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Leonard Grigoryan (guitar), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - András Schiff (piano) (Philips 456 925)

    Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ UA99)

    Kreisler, Fritz: Schön Rosmarin Tambourin chinois Polichinelle Syncopation Toy-Soldier March - James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

    Britten, Benjamin; Berkeley, Lennox: Mont Juic Suite of Catalan Dances Op 9 (3) - English Chamber Orchestra/Steuart Bedford (Collins Classics 11232)

    Schubert, Franz: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810 (4) - Lafayette String Quartet (CBC Records MVCD1149)

    Widor, Charles-Marie: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Kemp English (organ) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

  • 8:00 PM. Music Alive

    with Clarissa Dunn

    Auckland Philharmonia: Tuba Tones

    Alexander Jeantou (tuba), Drew Morgan (horn), Carl Wells (horn), Taran Plamondon (horn), Huw Dann (trumpet), Jonah Levy (trumpet), Orson Paine (trumpet), Ben Lovell Greene (trumpet), Douglas Cross (trombone)

    Previn, Andre: Four Outings for Brass

    Danielsson, Christer: Capriccio da Camera

    Calvert, Morley: Suite from the Monteregian Hills

    Danielsson, Christer: Concertant Suite

    Böhme, Oskar: Sextet

    (RNZ St Luke's Remuera, Auckland)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Excerpts, from The Art of Fugue - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)

    Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 7 - Auckland Philharmonia/Vincent Hardaker (RNZ)

    Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in D Op 23/4 - Michael Houstoun (piano) ()

    Debussy, Claude: Chansons de Charles d'Orléans - Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (RNZ)

  • 10:00 PM. Summer Evenings

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI50 (1) - Paul Lewis (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HHM 902371)

    Elgar, Edward: Nursery Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

    Edwards, Ross: Guitar Concerto - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

    Schubert, Franz: Sanctus, from Mass in Eb D950 - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orchestra, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in D RV211 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (organ/director), Venice Baroque Orchestra (SONY SK 51352)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 - Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio (Hyperion CDA 67373)

    Hawes, Patrick: Quanta Qualia - Janet Coxwell (soprano), Conventus, English Chamber Orchestra/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian trans Pirani: Arioso, from Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - John McArthur (piano) (Boston & Blue Street BAB 10977)

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